GENUS PROCELLARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Procellaria mean? 

• GENUS PROCELLARIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS PROCELLARIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Procellariidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS PROCELLARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PROCELLARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Procellariidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Procellaria; Procellaria

Hypernyms ("genus Procellaria" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Procellaria"):

Procellaria aequinoctialis; white-chinned petrel (large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin)

Holonyms ("genus Procellaria" is a member of...):

family Procellariidae; Procellariidae (petrels; fulmars; shearwaters)