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HYDROBATIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hydrobatidae mean?
• HYDROBATIDAE (noun)
The noun HYDROBATIDAE has 1 sense:
1. storm petrels
Familiarity information: HYDROBATIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Storm petrels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Hydrobatidae; Hydrobatidae
Hypernyms ("Hydrobatidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "Hydrobatidae"):
storm petrel (any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts)
genus Hydrobates; Hydrobates (type genus of the Hydrobatidae)
genus Oceanites; Oceanites (a genus of Hydrobatidae)
Holonyms ("Hydrobatidae" is a member of...):
order Procellariiformes; Procellariiformes (petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels)
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