'Sooty albatross' definitions:
Definition of 'Sooty albatross'
From: GCIDE
- Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar. Sootier; superl. Sootiest.] [AS. s?tig. See Soot.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. "Fire of sooty coal." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. "The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Sooty albatross (Zool.), an albatross ({Phoebetria fuliginosa}) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie.
- Sooty tern (Zool.), a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas. [1913 Webster]