"fulmarus glacialis" shine sunan kimiyya ga Arewacin Fulmar, tsuntsun teku da ke kiwo a yankin arewa, ciki har da yankunan Arctic da yankin Arctic. Yana cikin dangin Procellariidae, waɗanda kuma aka sani da petrels da shearwaters. Fulmar ta Arewa tana da farin jiki, fuka-fuki masu launin toka, da baki mai kama da bututu wanda ake amfani da shi wajen fitar da gishiri da yawa. Sunan "fulmarus" ya fito ne daga tsohon Norse "fúll" ma'ana "lala" da "már" ma'ana "gull," yana nufin ƙamshinsa da kamanninsa.