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gooneybird

gooneybird is the alternative form 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.

Forms of gooneybird

pluralgooneybirds

Questions about gooneybird

What is gooneybird the alternative form of?
Gooneybird is the alternative form of gooney bird.

Words near gooneybird in the dictionary

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

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