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Definition of fulmar petrel

fulmar petrel
Fulmar Ful"mar (f[u^]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[=u]lm[=a]r. See foul, and Man a gull.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariid[ae], 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).

Meaning of fulmar petrel from wikipedia

- in the family Procellariidae, the true petrels. It is also known as the Antarctic fulmar or silver-grey fulmar. It is largely pale grey above and white...
- The southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), also known as the Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker, and stinkpot, is a large seabird of...
- The pintado petrel (Daption capense), also called the Cape petrel, Cape pigeon or Cape fulmar, is a common seabird of the Southern Ocean from the family...
- The fulmars are tubenosed seabirds of the family Procellariidae. The family includes two extant species and two extinct fossil species from the Miocene...
- fulmarine petrels include the largest procellariids, the giant petrels, as well as the two fulmar species, the snow petrel, the Antarctic petrel, and the...
- The huge giant petrels, genus Macronectes, which are convergent with the albatrosses The true fulmars, genus Fulmarus Antarctic petrel Thal****oica antarctica...
- appearance to gulls, fulmars are in fact members of the family Procellariidae, which includes petrels and shearwaters. The northern fulmar and its sister species...
- The fulmarine petrels or fulmar-petrels are a distinct group of petrels within the family Procellariidae. They are the most variable of the four groups...
- species, the southern giant petrel, M. giganteus, and northern giant petrel, M. halli, are considered with the two species of fulmars, Fulmarus, to form a distinct...
- Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli LC Northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis LC Southern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialoides LC Antarctic petrel, Thal****oica...