Noddy (character) Hoffmann". Noddy, Big Ears and PC Plod are referred to in the "Two Ronnies" crossword sketch where Ronnie Corbett thinks their names are "Roddy, Big Ears, and PC Plop!" In an episode of "Last of the Summer Wine", all of the characters dressed up as fairy tale characters for a parade. Smiler is dressed as Noddy complete with a smaller version of his car in order to tow a bouncy castle with the rest of the characters on it. But it deflated while they were taking part. Noddy being associated with small children's reading has led to "Noddy" being sometimes
Grey noddy Grey noddy The grey noddy or grey ternlet ("Anous albivitta") is a seabird belonging to the family Laridae. It was once regarded as a pale morph of the blue noddy ("Anous cerulea") but is now usually considered to be a separate species. The first formal description of the grey noddy was by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1856 under the binomial name "Procelsterna albivitta". The specific name "albivitta" is from the Latin "abus" for "white" and "vitta" for "band" or "head-band". The grey noddy was formerly placed in the genus "Procelsterna". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2016