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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Procellariiformes — thepetrels ,fulmars ,shearwaters , etc.
Etymologies
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But before too long we got to sentences like, "Fulmars are more robust than Shearwaters," and I couldn't help but thinking this was all a complex world-building sort of scheme, where the Procellariidae were in contention with the Sulidae for the Emperor's ear.
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This is the case with species of shearwater, such as Puffinus puffinus (Procellariidae), which nest in gullies of laurisilva.
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Procellariidae: Long, narrow wings, fully extended, slim hooked bill, all dark or dark with white underparts, paired tubular nostrils.
Chapter 8 1983
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Procellariidae: Long wings, bent at wrists, heavy hooked bill, erratic flight, highly pelagic, all dark or dark with white underparts.
Chapter 8 1983
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