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noun large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
originUltimately from Dutch mallemok (from malle (“foolish”)), probably influenced by German Mallemucke. Compare Japanese 信天翁(あほうどり) (ahōdori, “albatross, foolish bird”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0