Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1803-1806
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
MALLDUCK, n. Also malduck. The fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis (Ork. 1806 P. Neill Tour 198; Sh. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 213). See also Mallimoke.Sc. 1803 Scots Mag. (April) 242:
Our sailors call them [fulmars] Mall-ducks, sometimes Mameluks.Sh. 1806 P. Neill Tour 130:
We beat off malducks from tearing the blubber.
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Mallduck n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 18 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/mallduck>
