noun
storm petrels
• Syn: ↑family Hydrobatidae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Procellariiformes, ↑order Procellariiformes
• Member Meronyms: ↑storm petrel, ↑Hydrobates, ↑genus Hydrobates, ↑Oceanites, ↑genus Oceanites
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈbad.əˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of birds consisting of the storm petrels
Useful english dictionary. 2012.