'Ossifraga gigantea' definitions:
Definition of 'Ossifraga gigantea'
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]
Definition of 'Ossifraga gigantea'
From: GCIDE
- Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: One who gluts himself. [1913 Webster]
- Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly {Gulo luscus}), of the weasel family Mustelid[ae], about the size of a large badger; called also wolverine, wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga gigantea}); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk. [1913 Webster]