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Anous stolidus

Noddy \Nod"dy\, n.; pl. Noddies. [Prob. fr. nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.]

  1. A simpleton; a fool.
    --L'Estrange.

    Syn: tomnoddy.

  2. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. Any tern of the genus Anous, as Anous stolidus.

    2. The arctic fulmar ( Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.

  3. An old game at cards.
    --Halliwell.

  4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.

  5. An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.