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Mawk

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mallemucknoun(obsolete) A mollymawk.
maddocknoun(obsolete) An earthworm or maggot.
manknoun(British, slang, originally Polari) Something that is disgusting or manky.
molly-mawknounAlternative form of mollymawk. [A fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).]
muck flynoun(obsolete) A fly found on, or associated with, dirt or dung.
morkinnoun(obsolete) An animal that has died of disease or by mischance.
mucknounAnything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
mukenoun(Chinese mythology) A kind of tree spirit.
mawwormnoun(now rare) A hypocrite.
muckamucknoun(countable, colloquial, sometimes derogatory, originally US) A person in a position of power or authority, or of high status.
mawkinnoun(Ulster) simpleton
mothnounAny flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
meawnounDated form of meow. [(countable) The cry of a cat.]
maw wormnounAlternative spelling of maw-worm. [Any of several parasitic worms which infest the mammalian stomach and intestines, especially a nematode.]
mouthnoun(anatomy) The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
mosslenoun(obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of morsel. [A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.]
muckwormnounA larva living in mud or manure.
moudiewarpnounAlternative form of mouldwarp. [(now regional, archaic) A mole, Talpa europea.]
mee-mawnounThe two-tone wailing of a siren.
meslingnounObsolete form of measling. [(UK dialect) Synonym of measle: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, a red spot caused by the disease.]

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