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 Mol·le·moke n.  Zool. Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar. [Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc.]
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 Nod·dy n.; pl. Noddies
 1. A simpleton; a fool.
 Syn: -- tomnoddy.
 2. Zool. (a) Any tern of the genus Anous, as Anous stolidus. (b) The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).  Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.
 3. An old game at cards.
 4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
 5. 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.
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 Ful·mar n.  Zool. One of several species of sea birds, of the family Procellariidæ, 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).
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 Fulmarus glacialis
      n : heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions [syn: fulmar,
           fulmar petrel]