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Webster 1913 Edition
Fulmar
Ful′mar
(fŭlmär)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
One of several species of sea birds, of the family
Procellariidæ
, 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
). Webster 1828 Edition
Fulmar
FUL'MAR
,Noun.
1.
A fowl of the genus Procellaria, or petrel kind, larger than a gull, possessing the singular faculty of spouting from its bill a quantity of pure oil against its adversary. It is an inhabitant of the Hebrides; it feeds on the fat of whales, and when one of them is taken, will perch on it even when alive and pick out pieces of flesh.2.
The foulemart or fulimart. [See Foumart.]