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procellarian, a. and n. Ornith.|prɒsɛˈlɛərɪən|
[f. mod.L. Procellāria (f. procella storm) + -an.]
A. adj. Belonging to or resembling the genus Procellaria or family Procellariidæ of seabirds.
B. n. A bird of this genus or family, a petrel. So proceˈllarid, a bird of the family Procellariidæ; proceˈllariine |-ɪaɪn| (erron. procellarine), a. belonging to the subfamily Procellariinæ; n. a bird of this subfamily.
1853Kane Grinnell Exp. (1856) 548 The great families of ducks, Auks, and procellarine birds..throng the seas and passages of the far north. 1864Webster, Procellarian, one of a family of oceanic birds..the petrel. 1879H. N. Moseley Notes Nat. Challenger 207 Beside the Prion, there is the ‘mutton-bird’ of the whalers (æstrelata Lessoni), a large Procellarid, as big as a pigeon. |