"gooney bird" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-gooney bird.ogg [Australia] Forms: gooney birds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gooney bird (plural gooney birds)
  1. Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) and the Laysan albatross, that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases. Categories (lifeform): Tubenose birds Synonyms: gooney, goonie, goony Related terms: goon
    Sense id: en-gooney_bird-en-noun-~67GDKCQ Disambiguation of Tubenose birds: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 88 12
  2. (slang) a foolish, silly, or awkward person or thing; a goon. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-gooney_bird-en-noun-fLr5Ew-V

Inflected forms

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