seabird, 1857, short for mollymawk, mallemuck, from Dutch mallemok, from mal "foolish" + mok "gull."
Molly
fem. proper name, a diminutive of Moll, which is a familiar form of Mary.
mollify
mollusc
Mollusca
mollusk
molly
Molly Maguire
mollycoddle
Moloch
Molotov
molt
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