mollymawk

[ mol-ee-mawk ]

/ ˈmɒl iˌmɔk /

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noun

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

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Also mallemuck, mol·ly·moke .

Origin of mollymawk

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

Words nearby mollymawk

Mollweide projection, molly, mollycoddle, mollyhawk, Molly Maguire, mollymawk, Molly Miller, Molnár, Molniya, Moloch, Molokai

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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