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fulmar

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun fulmar has 1 sense

fulmar(n = noun.animal) fulmar petrel, fulmarus glacialis - heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions; Array

is a kind of petrel

is a member of fulmarus, genus fulmarus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

fulmar, n. [Icel. f. See foul, and Man a gull.].

One of several species of sea birds, of the family Procellariidæ, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea). [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

fulmar, n. any medium-sized sea bird of the genus Fulmarus, with stout body, robust bill, and rounded tail.

Etymology

orig. Hebridean dial.: perh. f. ON f{uacute}ll FOUL (with ref. to its smell) + m{aacute}r gull (cf. MEW(2))

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