mollymawk

Meaning

1. Any of a group of medium- to large-sized albatrosses in the genus Thalassarche.
2. Any of the similar, related sooty albatrosses (Phoebetria spp.).

Synonyms

albatross

Translations

albatros

αλμπατρός

άλμπατρος

albatros

thalassarche

albatro

albatros

albatroz

Thalassarche

albatros

diomedeidae

Etymology

Said to be from Dutch mallemok (“foolish gull”), from malle (“foolish”).