fulmar
See also: fúlmár
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse fúll (“foul”) + már (“gull”), in reference to the foul-smelling vomit it ejects to deter predators.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfulmar (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
editDerived terms
edit- northern fulmar (F. glacialis)
- southern fulmar (F. glacioides)
- fulmar prion
Translations
editseabird 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
editAnagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfulmar m (plural fulmars)
Further reading
edit- “fulmar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Polish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfulmar m animal
Declension
editDeclension of fulmar
Further reading
edit- fulmar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editNoun
editfulmar m (plural fulmares)
Spanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfulmar m or f (masculine and feminine plural fulmares)
Noun
editfulmar m (plural fulmares)
Further reading
edit- “fulmar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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