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Gooney vs Goney - What's the difference?

gooney | goney |

As nouns the difference between gooney and goney

is that gooney is any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (species: Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross, that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases while goney is alternative form of lang=en.

gooney

English

Alternative forms

* goonie * goony * gooney bird

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of several albatrosses, especially the , that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
  • (slang) a foolish, silly or awkward person or thing; a goon.

    • See also

    * goon

    goney

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1851 , Melville, Herman, Moby Dick
    • But some time after, I learned that goney was some seaman's name for albatross.