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单词 procellariid
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procellariidn.adj.

Brit. /ˌprəʊsᵻˈlɛːrɪɪd/, U.S. /ˌproʊsəˈlɛriᵻd/
Forms: 1800s– procellarid, 1800s– procellariid.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Procellaria , -id suffix3.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Procellaria, genus name (see procellarian n. and adj.) + -id suffix3, after scientific Latin Procellaridae (later Procellariidae), family name ( Prinz Maximilien zu Wied-Neuwied Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien (1833) IV. ii. 839). Compare French procellariidés , plural noun (dated 1875 in Robert Dict. alphabétique et analogique (1986)). Compare earlier procellarian n., procellarian adj.
Zoology.
A. n.
A bird of the family Procellariidae, which originally included all (or most) of the members of the order Procellariiformes but is now restricted to the shearwaters and the typical petrels.
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the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Procellariidae (petrel)
petrel1602
mutton-bird1790
procellariid1879
1879 H. N. Moseley Notes by Naturalist on ‘Challenger’ viii. 208 Beside the Prion, there is the ‘Mutton-bird’ of the whalers (Œstrelata Lessoni), a large Procellarid, as big as a pigeon.
1970 Condor 72 350/1 (table) Species... Unidentified procellariid.
1988 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 25 126 Most procellariids feed at the ocean's surface, thus placing them at significant risk of encoutering a floating pollutant such as oil.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating a procellariid.
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1988 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 25 138 Some procellariid embryos may withstand prolonged adult absences over the course of the incubation period.
2000 Systematic Biol. 49 396/1 Halipeurus pelagicus is inferred to have host-switched from procellariid petrels to storm petrels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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