noddy

A dunce or fool; a simpleton.

Any of several terns of the genera Anous and Procelsterna, found in tropical waters and usually having dark brown or black plumage with a white or gray head.

To make a fool of.

A device designed to show the oscillation of the support of a pendulum.

A simpleton; a fool.

A large dark-colored tern or sea-swallow of the subfamily Sterninæ and the group Anoëæ or genus Anoüs, found on most tropical and warm-temperate sea-coasts: so called from their apparent stupidity.

The murre, Lomvia troile.

The ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida.

An old game of cards, supposed to have been played like cribbage.

The knave in this game.