Definition of "fulgur" []

• A genus of buccinids, the typical species of which (French carica) has reddish or brownish streaks suggesting lightning. It is typical of the subfamily Fulgurinæ. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But first, about that name: According to von Bismarck, ‘Image Fulgurator’ comes from the Latin for ‘lightning’ (fulgur) and means ‘Flash Thrower’."
• "Called fulgurites from the Latin fulgur for thunderbolt these shafts of "solid lightning""
• "Non fero fulgur oculorum tuorum, is the language of every subject's heart, struck with the awful aspect of a resolute and magnanimous prince."