mollemoke Meaning, Definition & Usage

Mol"le*moke` noun

Etymology

Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of Æstrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar. Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc.