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单词 mollymawk
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mollymawk

[ mol-ee-mawk ]
/ ˈmɒl iˌmɔk /

noun

any of various oceanic birds, as the fulmar or albatross.
Also mallemuck, mol·ly·moke

Origin of mollymawk

1685–95; <Dutch mallemok, equivalent to malle, variant of mal foolish + mok<Norwegian makmew2

Words nearby mollymawk

Mollweide projection, molly, mollycoddle, mollyhawk, Molly Maguire, mollymawk, Molly Miller, Molnár, Molniya, Moloch, Molokai
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Example sentences from the Web for mollymawk

  • 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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