Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of gannets, conterminous with the family Sulidæ, or restricted to the white gannets, or solan-geese—the brown gannets, or boobies, being called
Dysporus. S. bassana is the leading species. See cut undergannet .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of sea birds including the booby and the common gannet.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Sulidae
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Examples
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Before the British, homosexuals and the act of sodomy were punished with 'sula' sharpened straight bamboo through the anus
Homophobia in Malaysia a legacy of British colonial rule gay person of color 2007
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Major seabird and waterbird colonies include those of red-footed booby Sula sula (3,000-4,000 individuals) on Half Moon Caye, brown booby Sula leucogaster on Man O'War Caye, and common noddy Anous stolidus on Glover's Reef.
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And Jason the Factor, resurrected from death at the hands of his sister, the Tokhari sandwalker Kalliope, has become the sula ma-jieni na-dia, the fabled Dead Man of Winter.
Archive 2009-09-01 RobB 2009
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And Jason the Factor, resurrected from death at the hands of his sister, the Tokhari sandwalker Kalliope, has become the sula ma-jieni na-dia, the fabled Dead Man of Winter.
Books in the Mail (W/E 09/26/2009) RobB 2009
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The pantropical red-footed booby (Sula sula) is another example of an isolated population.
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Plumage polymorphism of red-footed boobies (Sula sula) in the western Indian Ocean: an indicator of biogeographic isolation.
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The dominant garlic pear tree is a favored roost of the magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens, the most abundant seabird on the island (11,800 birds in 2001-2002) and of brown pelicans (200) and red-footed boobies Sula sula rubripes (200 birds).
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico 2008
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Only the uninhabitated North Keeling Island supports significant tracts of tall and strand forest and has relatively large populations of the endangered buff-banded rail, red-footed boobies (Sula sula) and native land crabs.
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Red-footed booby (Sula sula), once very common, has seen a decrease in its populations.
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Important populations of red-footed booby (Sula sula) inhabit Chagos.
Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests 2008
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