pachyptile

noun

pachyptile

noun

UK /pəˈkɪptɪl/

Etymology Borrowed from translingual Pachyptila.

1

Rare Any seabird in the genus Pachyptila.

On the New Zealand shelf in the Tasman Sea pachyptiles are the most characteristic (the most numerous is the Pachyptila turtur).1976, V.P. Shuntov, Sea Birds and the Biological Structure of the Ocean, page 257:

Synonyms: prion

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