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

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fulmar

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

The birds, which had hitherto been seen since our first approach to the ice, were fulmar peterels, little auks, looms, and a few gulls.

From Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 by Parry, William Edward, Sir