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mollymawk

molly |mawk |ˈmɒlɪmɔːk | ▶noun chiefly Austral. /NZ an albatross. ●Genus Diomedea, family Diomedeidae: several species, excluding the wandering and royal albatrosses. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Dutch mallemok, from mal ‘foolish ’ + mok ‘gull ’.

 

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mollymawk

molly |mawk |ˈmɒlɪmɔːk | ▶noun chiefly Austral. /NZ an albatross. ●Genus Diomedea, family Diomedeidae: several species, excluding the wandering and royal albatrosses. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Dutch mallemok, from mal ‘foolish ’ + mok ‘gull ’.