mollymawk
NounSynonyms:
albatross
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flightSynonyms: albatross
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.] [1913 Webster]
1.One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. [1913 Webster]
2.Fig.: One who gluts himself. [1913 Webster]
Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.— Granville.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk. [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]