any heavily built short-tailed oceanic bird of the genus Fulmarus and related genera, of polar regions: family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes (petrels)
Word origin
C17: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse fūlmār, from fūll foul + mār gull
fulmar in American English
(ˈfʊlmər)
noun
any of various tubenose birds (family Procellariidae); esp., a gray sea bird (Fulmarus glacialis) common in arctic regions