loon

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1. large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gaviiform seabird,
definition	:	seabirds of the order Gaviiformes (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	gavia, genus gavia,
definition	:	type genus of the Gavidae: loons (noun.animal)

2. a worthless lazy fellow (noun.person)

hypernym	:	bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer,
definition	:	person who does no work (noun.person)

3. a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought (noun.person)

hypernym	:	misfit,
definition	:	someone unable to adapt to their circumstances (noun.person)

derivation	:	around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky,
definition	:	informal or slang terms for mentally irregular (adj.all)

derivation	:	around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky,
definition	:	informal or slang terms for mentally irregular (adj.all)

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