fulmar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
    Fulmarus glacialis; fulmar petrel.

WordNet

Ful"mar noun
Etymology
Icel. f&umac;lm&amac;r. See foul, and Man a gull.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariidæ, 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).

Webster 1913