fulmar
See also: fúlmár
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fúll (“foul”) + már (“gull”), in reference to the foul-smelling vomit it ejects to deter predators.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fulmar (plural fulmars)
- Either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F. glacialoides, which breed on cliffs.
- 2004, Anne Birgitte Gotfredsen, Tinna Møbjerg, Nipisat - A Saqqaq Culture Site in Sisimiut, Central West Greenland, page 104:
- 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.
- 2009, Gary Latter, “Scottish Rock”, in North, volume 2, page 383:
- 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.
- 2010, Roger D. Taylor, Mingming & the Art of Minimal Ocean Sailing, page 290:
- And why oh why is it always bloody fulmars following us about? Have they got nothing better to do, these silly lickspittle fulmars, than to ape every petty twist and turn of our hollow peregrinations? I'm sick of fulmars.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- northern fulmar (F. glacialis)
- southern fulmar (F. glacioides)
- fulmar prion
Translations edit
seabird in the genus Fulmarus
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See also edit
- Fulmarus
- fulmar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Fulmarus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Fulmarus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
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Noun edit
fulmar m (plural fulmars)
Further reading edit
- “fulmar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fulmar m animal
Declension edit
Declension of fulmar
Further reading edit
- fulmar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
fulmar m (plural fulmares)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fulmar m or f (masculine and feminine plural fulmares)
Noun edit
fulmar m (plural fulmares)
Further reading edit
- “fulmar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014