Found 2 items, similar to mollymawk.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: mollymawk mollymawk n : large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight [syn: albatross]
English → English (gcide) Definition: mollymawk 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of [AE]strelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar. [Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc.] [1913 Webster]