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gooney bird

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gooney bird [ˈguːnɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an informal name for albatross esp the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
[C19 gony (originally sailors' slang), probably from dialect gooney fool, of obscure origin; compare goon]
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Noun1.gooney birdgooney bird - a variety of albatross with black feet
black-footed albatross, Diomedea nigripes, gooney, goonie, goony
mollymawk, albatross - large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
genus Diomedea - type of the Diomedeidae


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Advanced elementary to early middle school readers will relish Lois Lowry's Gooney Bird And The Room Mother (06-18532307, $15.
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I like to be right smack in the middle of everything," Gooney Bird Greene informs her new teacher, and the self-possessed second grader wastes no time taking center stage in the classroom.
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He was just a journeyman pitcher, a gangly guy his Yankees teammates called Gooney Bird.
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