"fulmar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fulmars [plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse fúll (“foul”) + már (“gull”), in reference to the foul-smelling vomit it ejects to deter predators. Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|fúll||foul}} Old Norse fúll (“foul”), {{m|non|már||gull}} már (“gull”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fulmar (plural fulmars)
  1. Either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F. glacialoides, which breed on cliffs. Categories (lifeform): Tubenose birds Synonyms: stinker Derived forms: northern fulmar (alt: F. glacialis), southern fulmar (alt: F. glacioides), fulmar prion Related terms: Fulmarus Translations (seabird in the genus Fulmarus): полярен буревестник (poljaren burevestnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fulmar [masculine] (Catalan), buřňák (Czech), mallemuk [common-gender] (Danish), isstormfugl [common-gender] (Danish), havhestur [masculine] (Faroese), náti [masculine] (Faroese), myrskyliitäjä (Finnish), fulmar [masculine] (French), Eissturmvogel [masculine] (German), φουλμάρος (foulmáros) [masculine] (Greek), qaqulluk (Greenlandic), timmiakuluk (Greenlandic), malamuk (Greenlandic), hojsza (Hungarian), fýll [masculine] (Icelandic), múkki [masculine] (Icelandic), fulmaire [masculine] (Irish), fulmaro (Italian), ossifraga [feminine] (Italian), pibbin vane [feminine] (Manx), fúlmár [masculine] (Old Norse), fulmar [masculine] (Polish), fulmar [masculine] (Portuguese), pardelão [masculine] (Portuguese), глупы́ш (glupýš) [masculine] (Russian), fulmar [masculine] (Slovak), fulmar [masculine] (Spanish), stormfågel [common-gender] (Swedish), adar drycin y graig [masculine, plural] (Welsh)

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