"mollemoke" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mollemokes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish mallemucke (“the stormy petrel”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sv|mallemucke||the stormy petrel}} Swedish mallemucke (“the stormy petrel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mollemoke (plural mollemokes)
  1. Any of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, such as Fulmarus glacialis of the North Atlantic and several species of Pterodroma of the Southern Ocean. Categories (lifeform): Tubenose birds Synonyms: malmock, mallemocke, mallemoke, mollemock, molly-mawk Synonyms (Fulmarus glacialis): northern fulmar, Arctic fulmar, fulmar Synonyms (Pterodroma): gadfly petrel

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