fulmar

[ foo l-mer ]
/ ˈfʊl mər /

noun

any of certain oceanic birds of the petrel family, especially Fulmarus glacialis, a gull-like Arctic species.

Origin of fulmar

1690–1700; orig. dial. (Hebrides) < Icelandic fūl stinking, foul + mār gull (with reference to its stench)

Words nearby fulmar

fullness of time, fullom, fully, fully fashioned, fully fledged, fulmar, fulminant, fulminate, fulminating compound, fulminating powder, fulmination

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British Dictionary definitions for fulmar

fulmar
/ (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 for fulmar

C17: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse fūlmār, from fūll foul + mār gull