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GIANT FULMAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does giant fulmar mean?
• GIANT FULMAR (noun)
The noun GIANT FULMAR has 1 sense:
1. large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
Familiarity information: GIANT FULMAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
giant fulmar; giant petrel; Macronectes giganteus
Hypernyms ("giant fulmar" is a kind of...):
petrel (relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land)
Holonyms ("giant fulmar" is a member of...):
genus Macronectes; Macronectes (giant petrels)
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