Definition of Genus procellaria

1. Noun. Type genus of the Procellariidae.

Exact synonyms: Procellaria
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Procellariidae, Procellariidae
Member holonyms: Procellaria Aequinoctialis, White-chinned Petrel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Procellaria

genus Potos
genus Pouteria
genus Praunus
genus Prenanthes
genus Presbytes
genus Priacanthus
genus Primula
genus Prinia
genus Priodontes
genus Prionace
genus Prionotus
genus Pristis
genus Pritzelago
genus Proboscidea
genus Procavia
genus Procellaria
genus Prociphilus
genus Procnias
genus Proconsul
genus Procyon
genus Progne
genus Prosopis
genus Prosopium
genus Protea
genus Proteles
genus Proterochampsa
genus Proteus
genus Protium
genus Protoavis
genus Protoceratops

Literary usage of Genus procellaria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"They have now been divided into several genera, P. pela- gica and my P. nereis being a typical species of the restricted genus Procellaria. Sp. 645. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"family Procellaria« of Linnaeus' genus Procellaria, and proceed to separate the component genera according to the now generally received definition of a ..."

3. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"... and contains but a single species, H. microsoma. THE STORM-PETRELS. genus procellaria. Procellaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. ip 212 (1766). ..."

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