Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Procellariidae —fulmars .
Etymologies
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Old Norse full ("foul") + mar ("gull"), from its aroma.
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Examples
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Additional immigrants from the north during the winter include many birds, such as thick-billed murre, northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), and little auk.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Newfoundland and Labrador Seas, Northeastern Canada 2009
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Large flocks of northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis and gulls feed among the grounded icebergs.
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Their preferred species were northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis), pelagic cormorants (P. pelagicus), thick-billed murres, horned puffins (Fratercula corniculata), tufted puffins (F. cirrhata), and glaucous-winged gulls (Larus glaucescens).
Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009
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