Fulmarus glacialis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Fulmarus glacialis
    n 1: heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions [syn:
         {fulmar}, {fulmar petrel}, {Fulmarus glacialis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[u^]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[=u]lm[=a]r. See
   {foul}, and {Man} a gull.] (Zool.)
   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}).
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   2. (Zool.)
      (a) Any tern of the genus {Anous}, as {Anous stolidus}.
      (b) The arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus glacialis}). Sometimes
          also applied to other sea birds.
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   3. An old game at cards. --Halliwell.
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   4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
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   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.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]
   (Zool.)
   Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and
   fulmars, as {Fulmarus glacialis}, of the North Atlantic, and
   several species of {Aestrelata}, of the Southern Ocean. See
   {Fulmar}. [Written also {mollymawk}, {malmock}, {mollemock},
   {mallemocke}, etc.]
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