Library / English Dictionary

MOLLYMAWK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

albatross; mollymawk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

Credits