Found 2 items, similar to Fulmarus glacialis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Fulmarus glacialis Fulmarus glacialis n : heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions [syn: fulmar, fulmar petrel]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fulmarus glacialis 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 ). [1913 Webster] Noddy \Nod"dy\, n.; pl. Noddies. [Prob. fr. nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.] 1. A simpleton; a fool. --L'Estrange. Syn: tomnoddy. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any tern of the genus Anous, as Anous stolidus. (b) The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds. [1913 Webster] 3. An old game at cards. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle. [1913 Webster] 5. An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached. [1913 Webster] Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of [AE]strelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar. [Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc.] [1913 Webster]