dictionary definitions for "fulmar"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  fulmar
      n : heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions [syn:
          fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[u^]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[=u]lm[=a]r. See
     foul, and Man a gull.] (Zool.)
     One of several species of sea birds, of the family
     {Procellariid[ae]}, 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}).
     [1913 Webster]


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