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fulmar definition

ful·mar (fo̵olmər)

noun

any of various tubenose birds (family Procellariidae); esp., a gray sea bird (Fulmarus glacialis) common in arctic regions

Etymology: ON < fūll, foul, unpleasant + mār, sea gull

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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