Gannet definitions

Gannet

1) Booby bird 2) Booby or its cousin 3) Cold-water bird 4) Exclusively Saxon word 5) Exclusively Anglo word 6) Fish-eating bird 7) Fish-eating seabird 8) Greedy person 9) Greedy seabird 10) Large diving bird 11) Pelecaniform seabird 12) Pig bird 13) Sea goose 14) Seabird related to the booby 15) Seabird with a long bill
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Gannet

1) Goose 2) Solan
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gannet

large white Atlantic seabird
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Gannet

• (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans.
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gannet

any of three oceanic bird species within the family Sulidae (order Pelecaniformes). Closely related to the boobies and variously classified with ... [3 related articles]
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gannet

<ornithology> One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans. ... The common gannet of Europe and America (S. Bassana), is also called solan goose, chandel goose, and gentleman. In Florida the wood ibis is commonly called gannet. Booby gannet. See Sula. ... Origin: OE. Gant, AS. Ganet, ganot, a sea fowl, a fen d...
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Gannet

Gan'net noun [ Middle English gant , Anglo-Saxon ganet , ganot, a sea fowl, a fen duck; akin to Dutch gent gander, Old High German ganazzo . See Gander , Goose .] (Zoology) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula , allied to the p...
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Gannet

The Gannet or Solan goose (Sula bassana) is a British sea bird of the family Pelecanidae. It is about one metre long with a wing span of 180 cm and the plumage is dirty white or grey. The bill is straight, and about 15 centimetres long and furnished beneath with a kind of pouch. The gannets are birds of passage, arriving in Great Britain about Marc...
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Gannet

HMS Gannet was a British River Gunboat of 310 tons displacement designed and built by the Yarrow company and launched in 1927. HMS Gannet was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots. She carried a complement of 55 and was armed with two 3 inch anti-aircraft guns and eight machine-guns. In 1942 HMS Gannet was presented to the Chi...
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Gannet

Gannet is slang for a gluttonous or greedy person.
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gannet

[n] - large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish
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gannet

noun large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish
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gannet

Click images to enlargeAny of three species of North Atlantic seabirds; the largest is Sula bassana. When fully grown, it is white with buff colouring on the head and neck; the beak is long and thick and compressed at the point; the wings are black-tipped with a span of 1.7 m/5.6 ft....
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