The Collaborative International Dictionary
arctic fulmar
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).