Tubinares

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tubinares \Tu`bi*na"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tubus tube + nares
     the nostrils.] (Zool.)
     A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters,
     albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny
     nostrils.
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