Mccooey

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A surname, of Irish origin
  2. 2
    A naturalist, from H.J. McCooey Australia

    "Joe was a born naturalist—a perfect McCooey in his way, and a close observer of the habits and customs of animals and living things."

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"Joe was a born naturalist—a perfect McCooey in his way, and a close observer of the habits and customs of animals and living things."

Etymology

Possible Anglicisation of Irish Gaelic Mac Cumhaighe (“son of the hound of the plain”).

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