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ful·mar

(fo͝ol′mər, -mär′)

1. Either of two gull-like birds, Fulmarus glacialis of Arctic regions or F. glacialoides of Antarctic regions, having bluish-gray and white plumage.

2. Any of several similar or related birds.

[Ultimately (via Scots fulmar Scottish Gaelic fulmair) from Old Norse fūlmār : fūll, foul (from the foul-smelling oily liquid that the birds regurgitate as a defense when disturbed ); see pū̆- in Indo-European roots + mār, mew; akin to Old English mǣw.]

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fulmar

(ˈfʊlmə)

(Animals) any heavily built short-tailed oceanic bird of the genus Fulmarus and related genera, of polar regions: family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes (petrels)

[C17: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse fūlmār, from fūll foul + mār gull]

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ful•mar

(ˈfʊl mər)

n.

any of several gull-like pelagic birds akin to the shearwaters and petrels, esp. Fulmarus glacialis, of N oceans.

[1690–1700; orig. dial. (Hebrides) < Icelandic fūl stinking, foul + mār gull]

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fulmar - heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions

fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis

petrel - relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land

Fulmarus, genus Fulmarus - fulmars

Translations

mallemuk

fýll

fulmar

n → Eissturmvogel m

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fulmar

[ˈfʊlməʳ] n → procellaria dei ghiacci

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The condor lays a couple of eggs and the ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two: the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world.

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Release date- 02092019 - A new report has been published on the monitoring of plastics in stomachs of Northern Fulmars beached in the Netherlands.

Wageningen University & Research: Northern Fulmar and plastics - monitoring report 2018

The additive was in the eggs of northern fulmars and black-legged kittiwakes on Prince Leopold Island in Canada.

Seabird eggs found to have plastic poison

Fulmars occupied the stratified cliffs, periodically flying into Lligwy Bay on stiff-wings.

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It includes the work of the North East Beached Bird Surveys group, which is part of a wider North Sea study of fulmars.

Sally sticks head above parapet over seabirds

"Although the gannets were, as always, the stars of the show with their perfectly marked faces and beautifully coloured plumage, we also spotted fulmars with chicks, herring gulls, great black backed gulls, lesser black backed gulls, kittiwakes, guillemots and more unusually, a bridled guillemot, which was identified by the white ring around, and stripe behind, the eye.

Take walks on the wild side with nature group

Serum electrolyte concentrations of northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) (n = 9), western grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) (n = 6), and common murres (Uria aalge) (n = 25) housed on freshwater while undergoing rehabilitation at the San Francisco Bay Oiled Wildlife Care and Education Center in Fairfield, California, were compared with reference intervals from free-ranging populations.

Effects of freshwater housing and fluid types on aquatic bird serum electrolyte concentrations

Among the species most likely to be sighted at Marsden Bay will be breeding kittiwakes, fulmars, razorbills and gulls.

Walk on the wild side to see seabirds

Birds such as albatrosses, shearwaters and fulmars are being accidentally caught by hooks on the lines which can be more than 60 miles long, and dragged underwater where they drown.

Warning on lethal fishing-line danger to birds

Watch for northern fulmars and sooty shearwaters near the coast, and wayward marine birds such as petrels and phalaropes (above) at inland lakes and reservoirs.

Buzzworthy

At the Fowlsheugh reserve in Aberdeenshire, fulmars, herring gulls and kittiwakes did well this year.