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diving petrel

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  • noun Any seabird of the family Pelecanoididae in the order Procellariiformes, resembling auks and native to the southern oceans.

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  • noun any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas; somewhat resemble auks

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. oceanic bird
  2. pelagic bird

forms (5)

Forms

  1. Georgian diving petrel
  2. Magellan diving petrel
  3. Peruvian diving petrel
  4. South Georgia diving petrel
  5. common diving petrel

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