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[syn: albatross, mollymawk]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L.
gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
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1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
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Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville.
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3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo
luscus), of the weasel family Mustelid[ae], about the
size of a large badger; called also wolverine,
wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be
inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of
the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
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Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga
gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and
mollymawk.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and
fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and
several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See
Fulmar. [Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock,
mallemocke, etc.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Molly-mawk \Mol"ly-mawk`\, n. (Zool.)
See Mollemoke.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mollymawk
n 1: large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having
long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight [syn:
albatross, mollymawk]