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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
noddy/ˈnɒdi/

▶noun (pl. noddies)

1 dated a silly or foolish person.

2 a tropical tern with mainly dark-coloured plumage. [Genera Anous and Procelsterna.]

– origin C16: prob. from nod + -y1; in sense 2 perh. with ref. to the birds' nodding during courtship.

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