English Explanatory Dictionary

mollymawk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).
  2. Any of various similar seabirds, now especially an albatross of the genus Thalassarche.

Word forms

mollymawk mollymawks mollemock mollemoke molly-mawk malmock mallemocke mallemoke

Etymology

Ultimately from Dutch mallemok (from malle (“foolish”)), probably influenced by German Mallemucke. Compare Japanese 信天翁(あほうどり) (ahōdori, “albatross, foolish bird”).

Related words

mollyhawk

Derived words

black-browed mollymawk (Thalassarche melanophris molly
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