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fulmar

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈfʊlmɑː(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F. glacialoides, which breed on cliffs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: petrel

History

Etymology

From Icelandic fúlmár, from Old Norse fúlmár, from Old Norse fúll (“foul”) + már (“gull, mew”) (see English mew), evidently in reference to the foul-smelling vomit it ejects to deter predators.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: буревестник (burevestnik) — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Catalan: fulmar — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Czech: buřňák — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Danish: mallemuk — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Danish: isstormfugl — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Faroese: havhestur — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Faroese: náti — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Finnish: myrskyliitäjä — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • French: fulmar — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • German: Eissturmvogel — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Greek: φουλμάρος (foulmáros) — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Greenlandic: qaqulluk — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Greenlandic: timmiakuluk — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Greenlandic: malamuk — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Hungarian: hojsza — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Icelandic: fýll — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Icelandic: múkki — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Irish: fulmaire — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Italian: fulmaro — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Italian: ossifraga — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Manx: pibbin vane — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Old Norse: fúlmár — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Polish: fulmar — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Portuguese: fulmar — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Portuguese: pardelão — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Russian: глупы́ш (glupýš) — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Scottish Gaelic: fulmair — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Scottish Gaelic: eun-crom — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Scottish Gaelic: guga-Tiortach — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Scottish Gaelic: làir-ghlas (Arisaig) — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Scottish Gaelic: pollastair — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Slovak: fulmar — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Spanish: fulmar — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Swedish: stormfågel — seabird in the genus Fulmarus
  • Welsh: adar drycin y graig — seabird in the genus Fulmarus