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GENUS PUFFINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Puffinus mean?
• GENUS PUFFINUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PUFFINUS has 1 sense:
1. shearwaters
Familiarity information: GENUS PUFFINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shearwaters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Puffinus; Puffinus
Hypernyms ("genus Puffinus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Puffinus"):
shearwater (long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves)
Holonyms ("genus Puffinus" is a member of...):
family Procellariidae; Procellariidae (petrels; fulmars; shearwaters)
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