fulmarus

Proper noun

A taxonomic genus within the family Procellariidae — fulmars.

Origin

Old Norse full (“foul”) + mar (“gull”), from its aroma.

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FULMAR, from the Gaelic Fulmaire, the Fulmarus glacialis of modern ornithologists, one of the largest of the petrels (Procellariidae) of the northern hemisphere, being about the size of the common gull (Larus canus) and not unlike it in general coloration, except thatits primaries are grey instead of black.

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