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]