a gull-sized grey and white seabird of the petrel family, with a stocky body and tubular nostrils 暴风鹱,管鼻鹱
Genus Fulmarus, family Procellariidae: two species, in particular the northern fulmar (F. glacialis) of the arctic area and British Isles 鹱属,鹱科:2种,尤指暴风鹱(拉丁名F. glacialis)
语源
late 17th cent.: from Hebridean Norn dialect, from Old Norse fúll 'stinking, foul' (because of its habit of regurgitating its stomach contents when disturbed) + már 'gull'