資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.]
Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[u^]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[=u]lm[=a]r. See
{foul}, and {Man} a gull.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of sea birds, of the family
{procellariid[ae]}, allied to the albatrosses and petrels.
Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus
glacialis}) (called also {fulmar petrel}, {malduck}, and
{mollemock}), and the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga gigantea}).