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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[u^]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[=u]lm[=a]r. See {foul}, and {Man} a gull.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family {procellariid[ae]}, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus glacialis}) (called also {fulmar petrel}, {malduck}, and {mollemock}), and the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga gigantea}). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fulmar n : heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions [syn: {fulmar petrel}, {Fulmarus glacialis}]
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