mollymawk
[ mol-ee-mawk ]
noun
any of various oceanic birds, as the fulmar or albatross.
Origin of mollymawk
1First recorded in 1685–95; from Dutch mallemok, equivalent to malle, variant of mal “foolish” + mok “seagull”
- Also mallemuck, mol·ly·moke .
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
NZ an informal name for mallemuck
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