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FULMAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fulmar mean?
• FULMAR (noun)
The noun FULMAR has 1 sense:
1. heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
Familiarity information: FULMAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
fulmar; fulmar petrel; Fulmarus glacialis
Hypernyms ("fulmar" is a kind of...):
petrel (relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land)
Holonyms ("fulmar" is a member of...):
Fulmarus; genus Fulmarus (fulmars)
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