Associations to the word «Procellariiformes»

Wiktionary

PROCELLARIIFORMES, proper noun. A taxonomic order within the subclass Neognathae   — the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, etc. Formerly known as Tubinares.

Dictionary definition

PROCELLARIIFORMES, noun. Petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats