Definition of Family procellariidae

1. Noun. Petrels; fulmars; shearwaters.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Procellariidae

family Polypodiaceae
family Polyporaceae
family Pomacentridae
family Pomatomidae
family Pongidae
family Pontederiaceae
family Porcellionidae
family Portulacaceae
family Portunidae
family Potamogalidae
family Potamogetonaceae
family Priacanthidae
family Primulaceae
family Pristidae
family Procaviidae
family Procellariidae
family Procyonidae
family Proteaceae
family Proteidae
family Prunellidae
family Pseudococcidae
family Pseudomonodaceae
family Psilophytaceae
family Psilotaceae
family Psittacidae
family Psocidae
family Psophiidae
family Psychodidae
family Psyllidae
family Pteridaceae

Literary usage of Family procellariidae

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

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"tic of the longest-winged and best flying family (Procellariidae) of swimmers. Among higher birds it again occurs in certain ..."

2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"... hind toe rudimentary or sometimes absent. Nostrils joined and placed on top of bill. family procellariidae. Petrels, Fulmars and Shearwaters. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"... according to him contains but the single family — Procellariidae. Above the Procellariiformes in the Order ..."

4. The Coues Check List of North American Birds by Elliott Coues (1882)
"Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., xviii, May, 1866, pp. 134-172. 23. Critical Review of the family procellariidae ; Part V ; embracing the Diome- ..."

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