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Qué (quién) es booby - definición

GENUS OF BIRDS
Boobies; Sula (genus); Booby (bird); Sula (bird genus); Booby birds; Sula (bird)
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Booby         
·noun A dunce; a stupid fellow.
II. Booby ·noun A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.
III. Booby ·adj Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
IV. Booby ·noun A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby.
booby         
n.
1.
Simpleton, fool. See dunce.
2.
(Ornith.) Gannet, noddy, solan, goose (Sula bassana or fusca).
booby         
booby1
¦ noun (plural boobies)
1. informal a stupid person.
2. a large tropical seabird of the gannet family, with brown, black, or white plumage and brightly coloured feet. [Genus Sula: several species.]
Origin
C17: prob. from Sp. bobo, from L. balbus 'stammering'.
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booby2
¦ noun (plural boobies) informal a woman's breast.
Origin
1930s: alt. of dialect bubby, perh. related to Ger. dialect Bubbi 'teat'.

Wikipedia

Booby

A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the family Sulidae. Boobies are closely related to the gannets (Morus), which were formerly included in Sula.

Ejemplos de uso de booby
1. They then booby trap the car without the driver knowing.
2. The Maoists booby–trapped some of the policemens bodies.
3. Defensive arrangements included sniper nests and booby–trapped buildings.
4. He threatened to detonate booby traps rigged in his house.
5. They planted booby traps for U.S. convoys and laid ambushes.