booby
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈbuːbi/
:
piquero
- Clipperton's breeding colonies of masked and brown boobies are by far the largest in the world.
- footed boobies
- brown boobies
- red-footed boobies
We're going to do our part to make sure we save the boobies.
- We're going to do our part to make sure we save the boobies.
- And there's tons of Moss boobies, which are a lot like blue footed boobies, but not as cool in my opinion.
Examples
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Late in the afternoon, most of Clipperton's boobies commute back to the island.
Academic text (1996) -
Although the island's brown boobies have not yet been counted, they probably number close to 40,000 individuals.
Academic text (1996) -
Suddenly, one dives on a booby that has caught a fish.
Fiction book (2000) -
Blue-footed booby's on the move.
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Every morning, long, orderly lines of boobies fly out from the island in search of schools of tuna.
Academic text (1996) -
NARBA says the blue-footed booby's still on the island.
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The true stars of the island, however, are two species of ground-nesting boobies for whom this flat, barren island is a haven.
Academic text (1996) -
Small numbers of Great Frigatebirds and Red-footed Boobies also nest here, but close approach for ideal photography is not permitted.
Academic text (1999) -
Masked booby nests are little more than depressions in the ground lined with small pebbles.
Academic text (1996) -
Every morning, long, orderly lines of boobies fly out from the island in search of schools of tuna.
Idioms
Compounds
- Slur
1
9.9
An insulting old-fashioned word for a hospital that cares for people with mental illness
Surface Forms
Etymology
Booby for the seabird comes from the Spanish bobo, meaning 'stupid' or 'fool', because sailors found these birds tame and easy to catch. That's why the bird's name gives the idea of a simple, easily fooled animal.