Loon

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  • noun. Any of several fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia of northern regions, having a short tail, webbed feet, and a laughlike cry.
  • noun. One who is crazy or deranged.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A stupid fellow; a clown: with various shades of intensity as an opprobrious epithet, like fool, dolt, etc.
  • noun. A name used locally for several very different birds: in England, for some of the grebes, including the large Podiceps cristatus and the little dabchick, P. minor; by sailors often in the form loom, for the murre, Lomvia arra.
  • noun. A four-toed diving bird of the genus Colymbus or Urinator. See Colymbidæ.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.
  • noun. Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (Urinator imber, or Colymbus torquatus), and the red-throated loon or diver (Urinator septentrionalis), are the best known species. See diver.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
  • noun. idler, lout
  • noun. boy, lad
  • noun. harlot; mistress
  • noun. simpleton; (also (slang)) crazy or deranged person.
  • noun. English Soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a worthless lazy fellow
  • noun. large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
  • noun. a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought
  • Word Usage
    "A sad day for conservatives when this loon is the most influential, anyone who thinks this guy has credability I have no respect for and pity them."
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