fulmar

American  

[fool-mer] / ˈfʊl mər /

noun

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

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fulmar British  

/ 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)

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Etymology

Origin of fulmar

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

Example Sentences

Nicki Gwynn-Jones, who lives in Orkney, won the main prize with a picture of a fulmar in a rain shower on a cold December day.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025

One gray fulmar seemed to relish the water pouring out of an out-flow tube — swimming right up to the waterfall and then scampering aside, only to repeat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2022

In 1987, he started investigating the diet of the fulmar, a bird that can live for more than 40 years in the wild.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2021

Ziska served a similar dish last year but used fulmar, another seabird.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018

Nor that magic bird, the fulmar, a wanderer from the Scottish archipelago, dropping from his bill an oil which the islanders used to burn in their lamps.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor