Definition of Order Procellariiformes

1. Noun. Petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Procellariiformes

order Plantaginales
order Platyctenea
order Plecoptera
order Plectognathi
order Pleuronectiformes
order Plumbaginales
order Podicipediformes
order Podicipitiformes
order Polemoniales
order Polygonales
order Polymastigina
order Polypodiales
order Primates
order Primulales
order Proboscidea
order Procellariiformes (current term)
order Proteales
order Protura
order Pseudomonadales
order Pseudoscorpiones
order Pseudoscorpionida
order Psilophytales
order Psilotales
order Psittaciformes
order Psocoptera
order Pterosauria
order Pulmonata
order Pycnogonida
order Radiolaria
order Rajiformes

Literary usage of Order Procellariiformes

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

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"... placing them as an order Procellariiformes, (9), between the orders Sphenisciformes (8) and ..."

2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"order Procellariiformes. The Petrels are distinguished from the Gulls and other sea- birds by their tubular nostrils, whence they are often called ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... of their nostrils) and of the order Procellariiformes (sec BIRD). They are subdivided into four groups or subfamilies: (i) ..."

4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Society of London (1901)
"Order PROCELLARIIFORMES. Notes on various species; RACOVITZA, Bull. Soc. Beige Geol. 1900, pp. 17- 19. ..."

5. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"The last group of typical burrowing birds that I shall notice here is the Petrels, forming the great natural order Procellariiformes. ..."

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