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BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black-footed albatross mean? 

BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS (noun)
  The noun BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS has 1 sense:

1. a variety of albatross with black feetplay

  Familiarity information: BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A variety of albatross with black feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black-footed albatross; Diomedea nigripes; gooney; gooney bird; goonie; goony

Hypernyms ("black-footed albatross" is a kind of...):

albatross; mollymawk (large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight)

Holonyms ("black-footed albatross" is a member of...):

genus Diomedea (type of the Diomedeidae)


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