mollymawk
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Noun (1)
- large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flightSynonyms: albatrossType of pelagic bird, oceanic birdKinds wandering albatross, black-footed albatrossMember of Diomedeidae, family Diomedeidae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“mollymawk” is listed under Glutton.
Origin: OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.
1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.— George, Visc. Lansdowne Granville
3. Zoology A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidæ, 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.
Glutton bird Zoology, the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); — called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.
Origin: Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.
Zoology 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.]
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54