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Definition of Procellaria
1. Noun. Type genus of the Procellariidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Procellariidae, Procellariidae
Member holonyms: Procellaria Aequinoctialis, White-chinned Petrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Procellaria
Literary usage of 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)
"procellaria nereis, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., torn. ii. p. ... The procellaria
nereis is a species readily distinguishable from its congeners by the total ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"THE technical name procellaria alba has long been a stumbling- block in the ...
From the above, it is apparent that Gmelin based his procellaria alba upon ..."
3. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"Only two species of procellaria are known, ... procellaria pelagica, Linn. Syst.
Nat. ip 212 (1766) ; BOU List Brit. B. p. 196 (1883); Saunders, ed. ..."
4. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Genus procellaria, L. r Pr- gigantea, Gmelin (Gould's BA Vol. VII. pi. 45). ...
procellaria pelágica, apud Wilson. Inhabits N. and S. Oceans. ..."
5. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"procellaria GIGANTEA, Linn. (NOT FIGURED.) A specimen of the Gigantic Fulmar,
shot at some distance from the mouth of the Columbia river, has been sent to ..."
6. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1896)
"Tarsus longer than the middle toe and claw ; tail not distinctly forked. a.
Tail rounded or nearly even 1. procellaria, p.. b. Tarsus not distinctly longer ..."
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