The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar. Sootier; superl. Sootiest.] [AS. s?tig. See Soot.]
Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. ``Fire of sooty coal.''
--Milton.-
Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. ``The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.''
--Milton.Sooty albatross (Zo["o]l.), an albatross ( Ph[oe]betria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie.
Sooty tern (Zo["o]l.), a tern ( Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.
Wikipedia
The sooty albatross, dark-mantled sooty albatross or dark-mantled albatross, (Phoebetria fusca), is a species of bird in the albatross family. They breed on sub-Antarctic islands and range at sea across the Southern Ocean from South America to Australia.