mollymawkEtymologyUltimately from Dutch mallemok (from malle (“foolish”)), probably influenced by German Mallemucke. Compare Japanese 信天翁(あほうどり) (ahōdori, “albatross, foolish bird”).nounA fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).Any of various similar seabirds, now especially an albatross of the genus Thalassarche.“She chatters, mainly to Simon, pointing out a circling mollymawk, a line of shags winging away from Maukiekie, a penguin that surfaces not far from the boat.”