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ful·mar 
[fool-mer] Pronunciation Key
[fool-mer] Pronunciation Key –noun
| any of certain oceanic birds of the petrel family, esp. Fulmarus glacialis, a gull-like Arctic species. |
[Origin: 1690–1700; orig. dial. (Hebrides) < Icel fūl stinking, foul + mār gull (with reference to its stench)]
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| ful·mar
(fŏŏl'mər, -mär') Pronunciation Key
n.
[Dialectal : probably Old Norse fūll, foul; see p  - in Indo-European roots + mār, mew; akin to Old English mǣw.]
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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).
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