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What (who) is fulmar - definition

GENUS OF BIRDS
Fulmars; Fulmarus; Northern Fulmars
  • A tail-piece [[wood engraving]] in [[Thomas Bewick]]'s ''[[A History of British Birds]]'', Volume 2: Water Birds, 1804
  • The catch of fulmars on St Kilda; [[George Washington Wilson]], August 1884
  • A northern fulmar in flight
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Fulmar         
·noun One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariidae, 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).
fulmar         
['f?lm?]
¦ noun a gull-sized grey and white northern seabird of the petrel family. [Fulmarus glacialis.]
Origin
C17: from Hebridean Norn dialect, from ON full 'stinking, foul' (because of its habit of regurgitating its stomach contents when disturbed) + mar 'gull'.
Fulmar         
The fulmars are tubenosed seabirds of the family Procellariidae. The family consists of two extant species and two extinct fossil species from the Miocene.

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Fulmar

The fulmars are tubenosed seabirds of the family Procellariidae. The family includes two extant species and two extinct fossil species from the Miocene.

Fulmars superficially resemble gulls, but are readily distinguished by their flight on stiff wings, and their tube noses. They breed on cliffs, laying one or rarely two eggs on a ledge of bare rock or on a grassy cliff. Outside the breeding season, they are pelagic, feeding on fish, squid and shrimp in the open ocean. They are long-lived for birds, living for up to 40 years.

Historically, the northern fulmar lived on the Isle of St Kilda, where it was extensively hunted. The species has expanded its breeding range southwards to the coasts of England and northern France.

Examples of use of fulmar
1. Mr Harris, 76, who thought it was a fulmar, put the visitor in the boot of his car and took it to a local rescue centre on Friday.
2. A once healthy population of 1,500 pairs of Manx shearwaters has been all but wiped out, and the numbers of shag, razorbill and fulmar have all fallen.
3. Since 1''' to as recently as last month, Shell has faced repeated gas leaks or calls by the HSE to tighten up safety procedures on North Sea platforms such as Brent, Cormorant and Fulmar.