Pachyptile

//pəˈkɪptɪl// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any seabird in the genus Pachyptila. rare

    "On the New Zealand shelf in the Tasman Sea pachyptiles are the most characteristic (the most numerous is the Pachyptila turtur)."

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"On the New Zealand shelf in the Tasman Sea pachyptiles are the most characteristic (the most numerous is the Pachyptila turtur)."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Pachyptila.

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