puffinus-Puffinus: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is Puffinus?

  • A genus of Procellariidæ, characterized by the short low nasal tubes obliquely truncate at the end, and with a thick septum, a long, comparatively slender, and much-hooked beak, thin pointed wings, very short tail, and large feet; the shearwaters.

    Un género de Procellariidæ, caracterizado por los tubos nasales cortos y bajos que se truncan oblicuamente en el extremo, y con un tabique grueso, un pico largo, comparativamente delgado y muy enganchado, alas delgadas y puntiagudas, cola muy corta y pies grandes; las curdelas.

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