Sulan.
/ˈsjuːlə/ Applied by Hoier and others to a supposed variety of sea-fowl; in modern Ornithology a genus of gannets (family Sulidæ).
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1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 331 The Sula of Hoier,..near of kin to, if not the same with the Soland-goose.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xii. 262 The Sula is like the Soland Goose for Bodily shape.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 162 The Sula..breeds in the Ferroe isles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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