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Definition of Oceanites
1. Noun. A genus of Hydrobatidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Hydrobatidae, Hydrobatidae
Member holonyms: Mother Carey's Chicken, Mother Carey's Hen, Oceanites Oceanicus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oceanites
Literary usage of Oceanites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"In Oceanites the claws are not so much flattened as in Pelagodroma and the other
genera of the sub-family, and the basal phalanx of the middle toe is normal ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"... the whole appearance of the bird were unmistakable.— LEONARD S. PEARSON, Wayne,
Pa. Two Birds new for Ohio (Oceanites oceanicus and Mentía migratoria ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"Oceanites oceanica, ? This ig one of the best known and most widely distributed
of the ... Kühl, and the species be known as Oceanites oceanica. 2. ..."
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