Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mollymawk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and
fulmars, as {Fulmarus glacialis}, of the North Atlantic, and
several species of {[AE]strelata}, of the Southern Ocean. See
{Fulmar}. [Written also {mollymawk}, {malmock}, {mollemock},
{mallemocke}, etc.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Molly-mawk \Mol"ly-mawk`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Mollemoke}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
{Glutton bird} (Zo["o]l.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga
gigantea}); -- called also {Mother Carey's goose}, and
{mollymawk}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mollymawk
n : large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having
long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
[syn: {albatross}]
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