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BOOBY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("booby" is a kind of...):

gannet (large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish)

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

genus Sula; Sula (type genus of the Sulidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ignorant or foolish person

Synonyms:

boob; booby; dope; dumbbell; dummy; pinhead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("booby" is a kind of...):

simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)

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