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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.
2. 2
   A small, thin fish of Japanese and Korean coastal waters, Aulichthys japonicus

Synonyms

All synonyms

procellarian

Etymology

From tube + nose.

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