loon
意味
- アビ(不気味な鳴き声を出す北半球産の海鳥)
- 役に立たない人,ばか
例文
Because there's a red-throated loon on the coin.
硬貨に「あび」がついてるからよ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English louen, lowen (“rascal; rogue”), probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin. Compare Dutch loen (“simpleton”). Or, related to etymology 2, due to the bird's loud cry. Folk etymology associates it slang-wise with lunatic, though the latter may have influenced it; see loony.