Fulmar

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[u^]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[=u]lm[=a]r. See
     {foul}, and {Man} a gull.] (Zool.)
     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}).
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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