fulmar

[ fool-mer ]

noun

1. any of certain oceanic birds of the petrel family, especially Fulmarus glacialis, a gull-like Arctic species.

fulmar

/ ˈfʊlmə /

noun

1. any heavily built short-tailed oceanic bird of the genus Fulmarus and related genera, of polar regions: family Procellariidae , order Procellariiformes (petrels)

Word History and Origins

Origin of fulmar¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; originally dialect (Hebrides), from Icelandic fūl “stinking, foul” + mār “gull” (with reference to its stench); foul

Word History and Origins

Origin of fulmar¹

C17: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse fūlmār , from fūll foul + mār gull

Example Sentences

Kühn was surprised that “within hours, plastic additives can leach from plastic to fulmars.”

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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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