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GIANT FULMAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant fulmar mean? 

GIANT FULMAR (noun)
  The noun GIANT FULMAR has 1 sense:

1. large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seasplay

  Familiarity information: GIANT FULMAR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GIANT FULMAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

giant fulmar; giant petrel; Macronectes giganteus

Hypernyms ("giant fulmar" is a kind of...):

petrel (relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land)

Holonyms ("giant fulmar" is a member of...):

genus Macronectes; Macronectes (giant petrels)


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