gannet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡænɪt/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English ganet, gante, from Old English ganot, from Proto-West Germanic *ganat, *ganatō, from Proto-Germanic *ganatuz, *ganutô (“gander”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *ganzô. Cognates Cognate with Dutch gent, Middle Low German gante, German Ganter, Ganser, all “gander, male goose”.
Meanings
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Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.
Not but that they were kind and humane to a distressed sailor, if ever one had the good luck to get to land; and many a time, indeed, did Jack put out in his little corragh, that would breast the billows like any gannet, to lend a hand towards bringing off the crew from a wreck.
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 527:
- (South-Africa, UK) A voracious eater; a glutton.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gannets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
gannetry · Cape gannet · North Atlantic gannet · common gannet · gannet's bath · Australasian gannet · masked gannet · northern gannet · booby gannet
Synonyms
glutton (voracious eater)
Translations (38)
nv taahilnoodii (sea bird) · pt alcatraz (sea bird) · de Basstölpel (sea bird) · de Tölpel (sea bird) · mi tākapu (sea bird) · ro gâscă de mare (sea bird) · gd sùlaire (sea bird) · nb sule (sea bird) · gl mascato (sea bird) · fr fou (sea bird) · it sula (sea bird) · hu szula (sea bird) · nl jan-van-gent (sea bird) · fi suula (sea bird) · cy hugan (sea bird) · nrf mauve à maq'thé (sea bird) · fo súla (sea bird) · et suula (sea bird) · el σούλα (sea bird) · io ganeto (sea bird) · ang ganot (sea bird) · nrf mèrgaud (sea bird) · ast mazcatu (sea bird) · is súla (sea bird) · cs terej (sea bird) · cy gwylanwydd (sea bird) · ru о́луша (sea bird) · pl głuptak (sea bird) · kix khìamvèu (sea bird) · mk блуна (sea bird) · mi karake (sea bird) · es alcatraz (sea bird) · gd guga (sea bird) · ca mascarell (sea bird) · ga gainéad (sea bird) · kl timmik (sea bird) · ast cofre (sea bird) · ga ogastún (sea bird)