PROCELLARIIFORM SEABIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does procellariiform seabird mean? 

• PROCELLARIIFORM SEABIRD (noun)
  The noun PROCELLARIIFORM SEABIRD has 1 sense:

1. large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas

  Familiarity information: PROCELLARIIFORM SEABIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCELLARIIFORM SEABIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("procellariiform seabird" is a kind of...):

oceanic bird; pelagic bird (bird of the open seas)

Holonyms ("procellariiform seabird" is a member of...):

order Procellariiformes; Procellariiformes (petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels)