Loon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Loon	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Loon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loon n a worthless lazy fellow large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes Synonym(s): loon, diver a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought Synonym(s): addle-head, addlehead, loon, birdbrain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loon \Loon\, n. [Scot. loun, lown, loon; akin to OD. loen a stupid man; prob. for an older lown, and akin to E. lame.] A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loon \Loon\, n. [For older loom, Icel. l[?]mr; akin to Dan. & Sw. lom.] (Zo[94]l.) 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 ({U. septentrionalis}), are the best known species. See {Diver}.