fulmar

n. [动]管鼻藿

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/ˈfʊlmɑː(ɹ)/

词形变化

fulmars 复数 fulmars

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

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

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