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mallemok

11:26 Jan 30, 2006
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Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Science - Other / ornithology
Dutch term or phrase: mallemok
Hello, I know that a Noordse stormvogel is a Fulmarus glacialis, however it has another name of which I would like to know the etymology: mallemok.
Other versions include "mollyhawk" (EN) and "malamok" (FR).
Graham macLachlan
Local time: 02:51


Summary of answers provided
3Mallemuk is Danish
Dave Calderhead


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Mallemuk is Danish


Explanation:
as the reference shows
and the English is Fulmar

I suggest you research internet further, as the Mollyhawk seems to be a different Southern Hemisphere species

Fulmarus glacialis
Petrels and Shearwaters Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis. En. Fulmar, Da. Mallemuk, Du.
Noordse Stormvogel, Fi. Myrskylintu, Fr. Pétrel fulmar, Ge. ...
www.birdguides.com/html/ vidlib/species/Fulmarus_glacialis.htm

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Note added at 57 mins (2006-01-30 12:23:52 GMT)
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Mollymawk

Salvin's Albatross
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Thalassarche
Reichenbach, 1853

Species
T. chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789)
T. T.carteri (Rothschild, 1903)
T. bulleri (Rothschild, 1893)
T. cauta (Gould, 1841)
T. eremita (Murphy, 1930)
T. salvini (Rothschild, 1893)
T. impavida (Mathews, 1893)
T. chrysostoma (Forster, 1785)
T. melanophris (Temminck, 1828)

The mollymawks are a group of medium sized albatrosses that form the genus Thalassarche. They are restricted to the Southern Ocean, where they are the most comon of the albatrosses. They were long considered to be in the same genus as the great albatrosses, Diomedea, but a study of their mitocondrial DNA in 1996 showed that they were monophyletic taxa related to the sooty albatrosses, and they were placed in their own genus.

Mollymawks have what has been described as gull-like plumage, with dark black backs, mantle and tails and lighter heads, underwings and bellies. The heads of several species are often slightly darker grey, or have dark around the eyes. The bills of mollymawks are eaither brightly coloured oranges or yellows, or instead dark with several bright yellow lines.
Mollymawks (Thalassarche)
Yellow-nosed Albatross T. chlororhynchos
Eastern Yellow-nosed Albatross T.carteri
Buller's Albatross T. bulleri
Shy Albatross T. cauta
Chatham Albatross T. eremita
Salvin's Albatross T. salvini
Campbell Albatross T. impavida
Grey-headed Albatross T. chrysostoma
Black-browed Albatross T. melanophris


    Reference: http://www.birdguides.com/html/vidlib/species/Fulmarus_glaci...
Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 02:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Antoinette Verburg: that may be true for 'mallemUk', but 'mallemOk' is Dutch, Dave (> Van Dale). // Ah, right :-). Here's some info on the (supposed) etymology: http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~mallemok1/mallemoktekst.htm
20 mins
  -> Thanks, Antoinette (:-{)> my suggestion was based on the Latin name provided by Asker - I suspect that further research in Dutch bird names is required for the etymology - I also believe that the Dutch mallemok is not far removed from the Danish
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