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Mollymawk

noun

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Noun

1
A fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).
2
large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight wordnet
3
Any of various similar seabirds, now especially an albatross of the genus Thalassarche.
"She chatters, mainly to Simon, pointing out a circling mollymawk, a line of shags winging away from Maukiekie, a penguin that surfaces not far from the boat."

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”).

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