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fulmar

/ˈfʊlmɑː(ɹ)/

fulmar noun: either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F. glacialoides, which breed on cliffs.

fulmar: either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F....
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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.
    • In the southern districts, the Inuit hunted fulmars with bird darts from kayaks (Helms 1926). The Nipisat people may have hunted fulmar and great shearwater, probably using similar methods.2004, Anne Birgitte Gotfredsen, Tinna Møbjerg, Nipisat - A Saqqaq Culture Site in Sisimiut, Central West Greenland, page 104
    • In particular, fulmars have the distinctive trait of vomiting half-digested fish oil when approached on the nest and should be given a wide berth wherever possible.2009, Gary Latter, “Scottish Rock”, in North, volume 2, page 383

fulmar meaning in Tamil

fulmar in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Synonyms of fulmar

Forms of fulmar

pluralfulmars

Origin of fulmar

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.

Words formed from fulmar

Questions about fulmar

What does fulmar mean?
Fulmar means either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F. glacialoides, which breed on cliffs.
What is fulmar in Tamil?
Fulmar in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Fulmar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fulmar?
Fulmar is a noun.
How do you pronounce fulmar?
Fulmar is pronounced /ˈfʊlmɑː(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of fulmar?
The plural of fulmar is fulmars.

Words near fulmar in the dictionary

  1. fully-loaded
  2. fully-rigged
  3. fully-stocked
  4. fullying
  5. fullz
  6. fulmar
  7. fulmar-petrel
  8. fulmar-petrels
  9. fulmars
  10. fulmart
  11. fulmen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fulmar (page history and authors); fulmar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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