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Type genus of the Procellariidae
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procellaria
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Procellaria is a genus of southern ocean long-winged seabirds related to prions , and within the order Procellariiformes . The Black Petrel ( Procellaria parkinsoni ) ranges in the Pacific Ocean, and as far north as Central America. The Spectacled Petrel ...
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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 ...
Usage examples of procellaria.
Then there were little kingfishers, belonging to the species procellaria pelagica, as well as a large number of asteriads, peculiar to these climates, and starfish studding the soil.