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gooney birds

gooney birds is the plural of gooney bird.

Meaning of gooney bird

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.
  2. (slang) A foolish, silly, or awkward person or thing; a goon.

Questions about gooney birds

What is gooney birds the plural of?
Gooney birds is the plural of gooney bird.

Words near gooney birds in the dictionary

  1. goonery
  2. goonette
  3. goonettes
  4. gooney
  5. gooney bird
  6. gooney birds
  7. gooneybird
  8. gooneys
  9. goonfic
  10. goonfics
  11. Goongerah

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