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mollymawk
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mollymawk has 1 sense
- mollymawk(n = noun.animal) albatross - large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight; Array is a kind of oceanic bird, pelagic bird
is a member of diomedeidae, family diomedeidae
has particulars: diomedea exulans, wandering albatross, black-footed albatross, diomedea nigripes, gooney, gooney bird, goonie, goony
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mollymawk, n. (also mallemuck) any of various small kinds of albatross or similar birds.
Etymology
Du. mallemok f. mal foolish + mok gull
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