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Meaning Of Booby
n.
A dunce; a stupid fellow.
n.
A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the
common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks.
It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also
sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the
red-footed booby.