'Fulmarus glacialis' definitions:

Definition of 'Fulmarus glacialis'

noun

Heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions [syn: fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis]

From: GCIDE

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.] [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

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. (Zool.) (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]

From: GCIDE

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}). [1913 Webster]