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A genus of Hydrobatidae
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oceanites
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Oceanites is a genus of seabird in the storm petrel family. The genus name refers to the mythical Oceanids , the three thousand daughters of Tethys . It contains the following species: Wilson's storm petrel , Oceanites oceanicus Elliot's storm petrel , ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. ? a stone ( --John i. 42); -- probably so called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See Petrify .] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea ...