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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUL'MAR, n.
1. A fowl of the genus Procellaria, or petrel kind, larger than a gull, possessing the singular faculty of spouting from its bill a quantity of pure oil against its adversary. It is an inhabitant of the Hebrides; it feeds on the fat of whales, and when one of them is taken, will perch on it even when alive and pick out pieces of flesh.
2. The foulemart or fulimart. [See Foumart.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions [syn: fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse f?lm?r fulmar, from f?ll foul + m?r gull — more at mew Date: 1698 a seabird (Fulmarus glacialis) of colder northern seas closely related to the petrels; also a related bird (F. glacialoides) of circumpolar distribution in colder southern seas

Britannica Concise

Any of several species of gull-like oceanic birds in the family Procellariidae. The northern fulmar (Fulmaris glacialis) ranges from temperate to Arctic waters, and the southern fulmar (F. glacialoides) from temperate to Antarctic waters. The much larger giant fulmar, or giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), is 3 ft (90 cm) long and has a wingspan of more than 6.5 ft (200 cm). It nests around the Antarctic Circle. Fulmars eat almost anything; their natural foods are small fish, squid, and crustaceans, but they often take ships' garbage and will come ashore for carrion. They fly low over the waves of the open ocean, thus resembling their narrower-winged relatives, the shearwaters, in flight.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any medium-sized sea bird of the genus Fulmarus, with stout body, robust bill, and rounded tail. Etymology: orig. Hebridean dial.: perh. f. ON fúll FOUL (with ref. to its smell) + már gull (cf. MEW(2))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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).