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noun
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Loon
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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noun
a crazy or simple-minded person.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English lowen, perhaps < Old Norse lūinn worn, tired; later influenced by loon1 and loony
1400–50; late Middle English lowen, perhaps < Old Norse lūinn worn, tired; later influenced by loon1 and loony
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| loon1 (luːn) | |
| —n | |
| the US and Canadian name for diver | |
| [C17: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse lōmr] | |
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