The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[u^]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[=u]lm[=a]r. See foul, and Man a gull.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family Procellariid[ae], allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar ( Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar ( Ossifraga gigantea).
Noddy \Nod"dy\, n.; pl. Noddies. [Prob. fr. nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.]
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A simpleton; a fool.
--L'Estrange.Syn: tomnoddy.
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(Zo["o]l.)
Any tern of the genus Anous, as Anous stolidus.
The arctic fulmar ( Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.
An old game at cards.
--Halliwell.A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
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 Fulmar. [Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc.]