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mollymawk

 (n): large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
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3 months ago chained_bear said:

See also mallemawk.

3 months ago chained_bear said:

"...there were others that he could not identify with any certainty, birds to which he sailors gave the genreal name of mollymawks."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 147

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reesetee (13611 words)
appears in these lists:
Still More Bird Wirds, by reesetee
The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Make Someday, by chained_bear