Definition of Oceanites

1. Noun. A genus of Hydrobatidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Oceanites
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Hydrobatidae, Hydrobatidae
Member holonyms: Mother Carey's Chicken, Mother Carey's Hen, Oceanites Oceanicus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oceanites

Observantines
Obwalden
Occam
Occam's razor
Occidental
Occitan
Occitania
Ocean
Ocean State
Oceania
Oceanian
Oceanians
Oceanic
Oceanica
Oceanid
Oceanites (current term)
Oceanites oceanicus
Oceanospirillum
Oceanus
Ochna
Ochna serrulata
Ochnaceae
Ochoa
Ochoa's law
Ochotona
Ochotona collaris
Ochotona princeps
Ochotonidae
Ochroma
Ochroma lagopus

Literary usage of Oceanites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"In Oceanites the claws are not so much flattened as in Pelagodroma and the other genera of the sub-family, and the basal phalanx of the middle toe is normal ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"... the whole appearance of the bird were unmistakable.— LEONARD S. PEARSON, Wayne, Pa. Two Birds new for Ohio (Oceanites oceanicus and Mentía migratoria ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"Oceanites oceanica, ? This ig one of the best known and most widely distributed of the ... Kühl, and the species be known as Oceanites oceanica. 2. ..."

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