Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings

• Noted for powerful gliding flight

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of a group of medium-sized albatrosses in the genus ''Thalassarche''.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The mollymawks are a group of medium-sized albatrosses that form the genus Thalassarche . The name has sometimes been used for the genus Phoebetria as well, but these are usually called sooty albatrosses . They are restricted to the Southern Hemisphere ...

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n. large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight [syn: albatross ]