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GENUS PUFFINUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Puffinus mean?

• GENUS PUFFINUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PUFFINUS has 1 sense:

1. shearwaters

Familiarity information: GENUS PUFFINUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS PUFFINUS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Puffinus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Shearwaters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Puffinus; Puffinus

Hypernyms ("genus Puffinus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Puffinus"):

shearwater (long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves)

Holonyms ("genus Puffinus" is a member of...):

family Procellariidae; Procellariidae (petrels; fulmars; shearwaters)

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