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fulmar

/fool-mer/US // ˈfʊl mər //UK // (ˈfʊlmə) //

富马,富尔玛,富尔马,富马尔

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of certain oceanic birds of the petrel family, especially Fulmarus glacialis, a gull-like Arctic species.

Examples

  • Kühn was surprised that “within hours, plastic additives can leach from plastic to fulmars.”

  • They lay but a single white egg, the average dimensions of which are slightly smaller than those of the common Fulmar.

  • Do not wake until the fulmar begins to cry: sleep until we hear a sound of young birds.

  • Eggs and birds, fresh or salted, furnish them with food; the Fulmar with oil: and feathers pay their rent.

  • The flesh of the Fulmar is also a favourite food with the St. Kildans, who like it all the better on account of its oily nature.

  • It rarely comes abroad by day, and if disturbed ejects from its mouth an oily matter, after the manner of the Fulmar.