Booby

n. [Fr. boubie, a water-fowl; Sp. bobo, booby, pelican, and dunce, idiot, Russ. bâba, Chin. poopi or boobi, the lesser gannet. Several fowls of this species are looked upon as very stupid.]

1. (Ornith.) (a.) A fowl allied to the pelican (the Sula bassana, the solan goose or gannet), of a brown and white color, much varied in different individuals. It is found among the Bahama Isles, and on various coasts of the Atlantic, feeds upon fish, and lays its eggs on the bare rocks. (b.) The Sula fusca, or brown gannet. Baird.
2. A dunce; a stupid fellow; a lubber; one void of wisdom or intellect.