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ful⋅mar

  [fool-mer]
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–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')   
n.  

  1. A gull-like bird (Fulmarus glacialis) of Arctic regions, having smoky gray plumage.

  2. Any of several similar or related birds.


[Dialectal : probably Old Norse fūll, foul; see p- in Indo-European roots + mār, mew; akin to Old English mǣw.]
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