mollymawk

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mollymawk

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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”).

noun mollymawks · mollemock · mollemoke · molly-mawk · malmock · mallemocke

A fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).
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.

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@misc{mollymawk_2026,
  title = {mollymawk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mollymawk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}