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GOONIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goonie mean? 

GOONIE (noun)
  The noun GOONIE has 1 sense:

1. a variety of albatross with black feetplay

  Familiarity information: GOONIE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOONIE (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 ("goonie" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("goonie" is a member of...):

genus Diomedea (type of the Diomedeidae)


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