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MOLLYMAWK

Dictionary entry overview: What does mollymawk mean?

• MOLLYMAWK (noun)
The noun MOLLYMAWK has 1 sense:

1. large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight

Familiarity information: MOLLYMAWK used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MOLLYMAWK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mollymawk; albatross

Hypernyms ("mollymawk" is a kind of...):

oceanic bird; pelagic bird (bird of the open seas)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mollymawk"):

Diomedea exulans; wandering albatross (very large albatross; white with wide black wings)

black-footed albatross; Diomedea nigripes; gooney; gooney bird; goonie; goony (a variety of albatross with black feet)

Holonyms ("mollymawk" is a member of...):

Diomedeidae; family Diomedeidae (albatrosses)

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