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GOONEY BIRD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variety of albatross with black feet
Synonyms:
black-footed albatross; Diomedea nigripes; gooney; gooney bird; goonie; goony
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gooney bird" is a kind of...):
albatross; mollymawk (large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight)
Holonyms ("gooney bird" is a member of...):
genus Diomedea (type of the Diomedeidae)