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Definition of Order Procellariiformes
1. Noun. Petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Procellariiform Seabird, Diomedeidae, Family Diomedeidae, Family Procellariidae, Procellariidae, Family Hydrobatidae, Hydrobatidae, Family Pelecanoididae, Pelecanoididae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Procellariiformes
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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