English Explanatory Dictionary

mollemoke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, such as Fulmarus glacialis of the North Atlantic and several species of Pterodroma of the Southern Ocean.

Word forms

mollemoke mollemokes malmock mallemocke mallemoke mollemock mollymawk molly-mawk

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish mallemucke (“stormy petrel”).

Synonyms

northern fulmar Arctic fulmar fulmar gadfly petrel
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