mollymawk

[ mol-ee-mawk ]

noun
  1. any of various oceanic birds, as the fulmar or albatross.

Origin of mollymawk

1
First recorded in 1685–95; from Dutch mallemok, equivalent to malle, variant of mal “foolish” + mok “seagull”

Words Nearby mollymawk

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How to use mollymawk in a sentence

  • He also came upon a mollymawk rookery on the south-western point of the island, and managed to take one of the birds by hand.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for mollymawk

mollymawk

/ (ˈmɒlɪˌmɔːk) /


noun
  1. NZ an informal name for mallemuck

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