mollymawk

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Said to be from Dutch mallemok (“foolish gull”), from malle (“foolish”).

Noun[edit]

mollymawk (plural mollymawks)

  1. Any of a group of medium- to large-sized albatrosses in the genus Thalassarche.
  2. Any of the similar, related sooty albatrosses (Phoebetria spp.).

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