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fulmar
[ fool-mer ]
noun
- any of certain oceanic birds of the petrel family, especially Fulmarus glacialis, a gull-like Arctic species.
fulmar
/ ˈfʊlmə /
noun
- any heavily built short-tailed oceanic bird of the genus Fulmarus and related genera, of polar regions: family Procellariidae , order Procellariiformes (petrels)
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fulmar1
C17: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse fūlmār , from fūll foul + mār gull
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Example Sentences
They lay but a single white egg, the average dimensions of which are slightly smaller than those of the common Fulmar.
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Do not wake until the fulmar begins to cry: sleep until we hear a sound of young birds.
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Eggs and birds, fresh or salted, furnish them with food; the Fulmar with oil: and feathers pay their rent.
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The flesh of the Fulmar is also a favourite food with the St. Kildans, who like it all the better on account of its oily nature.
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It rarely comes abroad by day, and if disturbed ejects from its mouth an oily matter, after the manner of the Fulmar.
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