ˌprōsəˈla(a)rēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin procella storm (from procellere to throw down, from pro- forward, forth, down + -cellere to rise, project) + -aria; from the association of the petrels with storms at sea — more at pro- , excel
: a genus of petrels that includes the white-chinned petrels and related forms and in some classifications the shearwaters and that is the type of the family Procellariidae