Definition of Procellariiformes

1. Noun. Petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Procellariiformes

Probert
Probin
Probištip
Proboscidea
Proboscidea arenaria
Proboscidea fragrans
Proboscidea louisianica
Probyn
Procardia
Procavia
Procavia capensis
Procaviidae
Procellaria
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Procellariidae
Procellariiformes (current term)
Process Art
Prociphilus
Prociphilus tessellatus
Procnias
Procrustes
Procrustesian
Proctor
Procyon
Procyon cancrivorus
Procyon lotor
Procyonidae
Prod
Proddies

Literary usage of Procellariiformes

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

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"He considers the Procellariiformes to contain the ... placing them as an Order Procellariiformes, (9), between the orders Sphenisciformes (8) and ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1896)
"He thus agrees with Forbes as to the position of the Petrels as regards their neighbours on one side. He defines the Procellariiformes as— downs complex. ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"Procellariiformes. The Procellariiformes, or Petrels, are archaic ocean forms with great powers of flight, often placed near the Laridae on account of a ..."

4. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Procellariiformes.—ALBATROSSES and PETRELS.— Marine birds with webbed toes: powers of flight, great; sheath of bill of several pieces: three families. ..."

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