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Definition of Mallemuck
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mallemuck
Literary usage of Mallemuck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... a mallemuck, explained, from the I)., as 'foolish fly' or 'fool flier,' as
if < D. mallen, fool, dally, + mn-g, MI), ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"mallemuck, from the German rendering of the Dutch ... 130) as mallemuck, and
thereafter kept its place in English ornithological works. ..."
3. Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-west Passage to the Pacific by Bernard O'Reilly (1818)
"The ordinary length of the mallemuck is seventeen inches; the younger ones not
so large. When old, they are easily known by their increased voracity, ..."
4. Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-west Passage to the Pacific by Bernard O'Reilly (1818)
"The ordinary length of the mallemuck is seventeen inches; the younger ones not
so large. When old, they are easily known by their increased voracity, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Several species of albatross are known; for the smaller forms see mallemuck.
ALBAY, a city and the capital of the province of Albay, Luzon, ..."
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