fulmar

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

fulmar

from the genus Fulmarus, named in 1826 by James Francis Stephens based on Old Norse fúll (stinking) see foul in English and már (« gull ») see Möwe in German; in reference to the fact that birds belonging to this genus are capable of regurgitating an oily and foul-smelling substance when disturbed.

Definitions

oiseaux

Plural

fulmars

Translations

  • germangerman:Eissturmvogel
  • englishenglish:fulmar
  • danishdanish:mallemuk
  • spanishspanish:fulmar
  • greekgreek:φουλμάρος
  • italianitalian:procellaria cenerina
  • russianrussian:глупыш