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Proper noun

Procellariidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Procellariiformes – the petrels, fulmars, shearwaters, etc.

Hypernyms

• (family): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Procellariiformes - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Aphrodroma, Bulweria, Calonectris, Daption, Fulmarus, Halobaena, Macronectes, Pachyptila, Pagodroma, Procellaria, Pseudobulweria, Pterodroma, Puffinus, Thalassoica - genera

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276