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fulmar in British English
(ˈfʊlmə)
noun
any heavily built short-tailed oceanic bird of the genus Fulmarus and related genera, of polar regions: family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes (petrels)
Word origin
C17: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse fūlmār, from fūll foul + mār gullfulmar in American English
(ˈfʊlmər)
noun
any of various tubenose birds (family Procellariidae); esp., a gray sea bird (Fulmarus glacialis) common in arctic regions
Word origin
ON < fūll, foul, unpleasant + mār, sea gullImage offulmar
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