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Pachyptila
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Translingual
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Etymology
A classical compound of the mul grc - grc πᾰχῠ́ς πτῐ́λον 1 thick wing; feather + the mul la -a. Compare mul Pachyptile, Pachyptilum genus, and Pachyptilus genus.
Proper noun
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genus family Procellariidae prions, seabirds of the southern hemisphere
Hypernyms
genus
Hyponyms
genus Pachyptila turtur species (fairy prion), Pachyptila belcheri species (slender-billed prion), Pachyptila crassirostris species (fulmar prion), Pachyptila vittata species (broad-billed prion), Pachyptila desolata species (Antarctic prion), Pachyptila salvini species (Salvin's prion)
Descendants
en pachyptile
fr Pachyptile
it Pachittila
es paquiptilo
See also
blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea species, closely related to prions)
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