English-Thai Dictionary
fulmar
N นก ทะเล พวก Procellariidae มี ขน สีเทา
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FULMAR
n. 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. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FULMAR
Ful "mar (fûlmär ), n. Etym: [Icel. fulmar. See foul, and Man a gull. ](Zoöl.)
Defn: 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 ).
New American Oxford Dictionary
fulmar
ful mar |ˈfo͝olmər, -ˌmär ˈfʊlmər | ▶noun a gull-sized gray and white seabird of the petrel family, with a stocky body and tubular nostrils. [Genus Fulmarus, family Procellariidae: two species, in particular the northern fulmar (F. glacialis ) of the arctic. ] ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Hebridean Norn dialect, from Old Norse fúll ‘stinking, foul ’ (because of its habit of regurgitating its stomach contents when disturbed ) + már ‘gull. ’
Oxford Dictionary
fulmar
fulmar |ˈfʊlmə | ▶noun a gull-sized grey and white seabird of the petrel family, with a stocky body and tubular nostrils. ●Genus Fulmarus, family Procellariidae: two species, in particular the northern fulmar (F. glacialis ) of the arctic area and British Isles. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Hebridean Norn dialect, from Old Norse fúll ‘stinking, foul ’ (because of its habit of regurgitating its stomach contents when disturbed ) + már ‘gull ’.
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