Mōr'mon1, n.
n. [Gr. μορμών, monster, bugbear.] (Ornith.) A genus of short-winged, web-footed birds, the singular beak of which gives the head the appearance of a grotesque mask. Brande.
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Mormon
Mŏr'mon2, n.
n. (Eccl.) One of a sect in the United States, followers of one Joseph Smith, who claimed to work miracles, and to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved on golden plates, called the Book of Mormon.