malduck

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malduck - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[u^]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[=u]lm[=a]r. See
     foul, and Man a gull.] (Zool.)
     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
     ).
     [1913 Webster]