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1. (n.) fulmar
any of several gull-like pelagic birds akin to the shearwaters and petrels, esp. Fulmarus glacialis, of N oceans.
Etymology: (1690–1700; orig. dial. (Hebrides) < Icel fūl stinking, foul+mār gull)
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1. (noun) fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis
heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
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1. (noun) fulmar
one of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariidae, 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)
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