fulmar

Significat (Anglès)

Either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F. glacialoides, which breed on cliffs.

Conceptes

Sinònims

fulmar petrel

Fulmarus glacialis

Traduccions

φουλμάρος

Eissturmvogel

fulmar

Fulmarus

Fulmarus glacialis

fulmarus

fulmars

fulmarus glacialis

Fulmarus glacialis

procellaria cenerina

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈfʊlmɑː(ɹ)/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From Old Norse fúll (“foul”) + már (“gull”) (cognate to English mew), evidently in reference to the foul-smelling vomit it ejects to deter predators.

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