gannet

English

Etymology

Old English ganot, from Proto-Germanic *ganataz, *ganutô (“gander”). Cognate with Dutch gent.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡanɪt/
Rhymes: -ænɪt

Gannets

Noun

gannet (plural gannets)

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.
(Britain, South Africa) A voracious eater; a glutton.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gannet.

Synonyms

(voracious eater): see Thesaurus:glutton

Derived terms

Translations

sea bird

Catalan: mascarell m
Czech: terej (cs) m
Estonian: suula
Faroese: súla (fo) f
Finnish: suula (fi)
French: fou (fr) m
Galician: mascato m
German: Basstölpel (de) m, Tölpel (de) m
Greek: σούλα (el) f (soúla)
Greenlandic: timmik (Morus bassanus)
Icelandic: súla (is) f
Ido: ganeto (io)
Irish: gainéad (ga) m, ogastún m

Italian: sula (it) f
Maori: karake, tākapu
Navajo: taahilnoodii
Norman: mauve à maq'thé f, mèrgaud m
Old English: ganot m
Polish: głuptak (pl) m
Portuguese: alcatraz
Romanian: gâsca de mare f
Russian: о́луша (ru) f (óluša)
Scottish Gaelic: sùlaire m, (young) guga m
Spanish: alcatraz (es) m
Welsh: hugan f, gwylanwydd f

glutton — see glutton

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