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Definition of fulmar noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fulmar

noun
 
/ˈfʊlmə(r)/
 
/ˈfʊlmər/
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  1. a grey and white bird that lives near the seaTopics Birdsc2
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Hebridean Norn dialect, from Old Norse fúll ‘stinking, foul’ (because of its habit of regurgitating its stomach contents when disturbed) + már ‘gull’.
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