WHITE-CHINNED PETREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white-chinned petrel mean? 

• WHITE-CHINNED PETREL (noun)
  The noun WHITE-CHINNED PETREL has 1 sense:

1. large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin

  Familiarity information: WHITE-CHINNED PETREL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE-CHINNED PETREL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Procellaria aequinoctialis; white-chinned petrel

Hypernyms ("white-chinned petrel" is a kind of...):

petrel (relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land)

Holonyms ("white-chinned petrel" is a member of...):

genus Procellaria; Procellaria (type genus of the Procellariidae)