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- noun Any of the
Procellariiformes , anorder ofseabirds includingalbatrosses ,petrels , andshearwaters .
Etymologies
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tube + nose; compare Tubinares, former taxonomic name.
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This approximately black-bird-sized species of the tubenose family, which also includes the albatrosses, fulmarine petrels and storm petrels, breeds from November to February on the Falkland Islands and neighbouring island groups in the South Atlantic.
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