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What (who) is goony - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Gooney Bird; Gooney; Goony Bird; Gooney bird (disambiguation); Gooney (disambiguation)
Albatross
![An albatross chick at [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument]], [[Midway Atoll]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albatross chick at Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Monument, Midway Atoll, 2007March01.jpg?width=200 "An albatross chick at [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument]], [[Midway Atoll]]")
![Skeleton of a [[black-browed albatross]] on display at the [[Museum of Osteology]] in [[Oklahoma City]], Oklahoma, U.S.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Black-browed Albatross skeleton.jpg?width=200 "Skeleton of a [[black-browed albatross]] on display at the [[Museum of Osteology]] in [[Oklahoma City]], Oklahoma, U.S.")
![A [[southern royal albatross]]: Note the large, hooked beak and nasal tubes.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diomedea epomophora portrait - SE Tasmania.jpg?width=200 "A [[southern royal albatross]]: Note the large, hooked beak and nasal tubes.")
![Three birds on [[Midway Atoll]], 1958](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laysan Albatross and chicks, Midway Island 1958.jpg?width=200 "Three birds on [[Midway Atoll]], 1958")
![The remains of this [[Laysan albatross]] chick show the plastic ingested before death, including a bottle cap and lighter.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laysan albatross chick remains.jpg?width=200 "The remains of this [[Laysan albatross]] chick show the plastic ingested before death, including a bottle cap and lighter.")
![[[Light-mantled albatross]]es regularly dive to feed, and can dive to below 12 m (39 ft).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Light sooty albatross flying.jpg?width=200 "[[Light-mantled albatross]]es regularly dive to feed, and can dive to below 12 m (39 ft).")
![flapping flight]] to provide thrust as well as lift.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phoebastria albatrus1.jpg?width=200 "flapping flight]] to provide thrust as well as lift.")
LARGE SEABIRDS ALLIED TO THE PROCELLARIIDS, STORM-PETRELS AND DIVING-PETRELS IN THE ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES
Diomedeidae; Albatrosses; Giant Albatross; Albatoss; Goonie bird; Goony bird
·noun A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.
gooney bird
¦ noun informal, chiefly US an albatross.
Origin
C19: of unknown origin.
albatross
LARGE SEABIRDS ALLIED TO THE PROCELLARIIDS, STORM-PETRELS AND DIVING-PETRELS IN THE ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES
Diomedeidae; Albatrosses; Giant Albatross; Albatoss; Goonie bird; Goony bird
(albatrosses)
1.
An albatross is a very large white seabird.
N-COUNT
2.
If you describe something or someone as an albatross around your neck, you mean that they cause you great problems from which you cannot escape, or they prevent you from doing what you want to do.
Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party.
N-COUNT: usu with supp [disapproval]
Wikipedia
Gooney bird
Gooney bird may refer to:
- Albatross or gooney bird
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Gooney Bird, a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner
- Gooney Bird character in The "Hard Luck Bears" animatronic show: see Aaron Fechter
