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BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black-footed albatross mean?
• BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS (noun)
The noun BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS has 1 sense:
1. a variety of albatross with black feet
Familiarity information: BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS (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 ("black-footed albatross" is a kind of...):
albatross; mollymawk (large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight)
Holonyms ("black-footed albatross" is a member of...):
genus Diomedea (type of the Diomedeidae)
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