gannet

noun

gan·net ˈga-nət How to pronounce gannet (audio)

plural gannets also gannet

: any of a genus (Morus of the family Sulidae, the gannet family) of large fish-eating seabirds that breed in colonies chiefly on offshore islands

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There are three oceanic bird species called gannet. They are found in the North Atlantic, where they are the largest seabirds, and in temperate seas around Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The adults are mainly white with black-tipped wing feathers and a large, yellowish or buff-colored head, with black around the eyes. They have a tapered beak and pointed tail. They dive with half-closed wings to catch fish and squid. They waddle on land, but are expert fliers, spending most of their lives over water. They nest in dense colonies on cliffs. The largest species is the 40-in (100-cm) northern gannet.

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Recent Examples on the Web That includes beloved characters like the Atlantic puffin—easily spotted at the Réserve de parc national de l’Archipel-de-Mingan—and the northern gannet, a striking white seabird with a 6.5-foot wingspan.

Outside Online, 25 July 2022 The island’s colony of over 110,000 northern gannets is the most accessible gannet colony in the world.

Sandra Macgregor, Forbes, 5 May 2022 The team then stuffed two real northern gannet wings with cotton and propped them up in a wind tunnel.

Mennatalla Ibrahim, Science | AAAS, 7 July 2021 That statistic includes common loons, northern gannets, double-crested cormorants, royal terns, Wilson’s plovers, black skimmers, and seaside sparrows, to name a few.

National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2020 Marine birds also included mallards, common scoters (a large sea duck), geese, cormorants, gannets, shags, auks, egrets and loons.

Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Mar. 2020 Andrew’s Point in Gloucester : There was a dickcissel along with good numbers of seabirds such as three Forester’s terns and 175 Northern gannets.

BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2019 At Gooseberry Neck, there were 84 black scoters, three ruddy turnstones, three roseate terns, a great shearwater, a Northern gannet, two cliff swallows, and two orchard orioles.

BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2019 Robertson père got 6,000 acres of undulating pastureland and forest atop craggy sea cliffs, one of which is home to the world’s largest mainland colony of gannets.

Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2019 See More

单词	gannet
释义	gannet noun gan·net ˈga-nət plural gannets also gannet : any of a genus (Morus of the family Sulidae, the gannet family) of large fish-eating seabirds that breed in colonies chiefly on offshore islands Did you know? There are three oceanic bird species called gannet. They are found in the North Atlantic, where they are the largest seabirds, and in temperate seas around Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The adults are mainly white with black-tipped wing feathers and a large, yellowish or buff-colored head, with black around the eyes. They have a tapered beak and pointed tail. They dive with half-closed wings to catch fish and squid. They waddle on land, but are expert fliers, spending most of their lives over water. They nest in dense colonies on cliffs. The largest species is the 40-in (100-cm) northern gannet. Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web That includes beloved characters like the Atlantic puffin—easily spotted at the Réserve de parc national de l’Archipel-de-Mingan—and the northern gannet, a striking white seabird with a 6.5-foot wingspan. Outside Online, 25 July 2022 The island’s colony of over 110,000 northern gannets is the most accessible gannet colony in the world. Sandra Macgregor, Forbes, 5 May 2022 The team then stuffed two real northern gannet wings with cotton and propped them up in a wind tunnel. Mennatalla Ibrahim, Science \| AAAS, 7 July 2021 That statistic includes common loons, northern gannets, double-crested cormorants, royal terns, Wilson’s plovers, black skimmers, and seaside sparrows, to name a few. National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2020 Marine birds also included mallards, common scoters (a large sea duck), geese, cormorants, gannets, shags, auks, egrets and loons. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Mar. 2020 Andrew’s Point in Gloucester : There was a dickcissel along with good numbers of seabirds such as three Forester’s terns and 175 Northern gannets. BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2019 At Gooseberry Neck, there were 84 black scoters, three ruddy turnstones, three roseate terns, a great shearwater, a Northern gannet, two cliff swallows, and two orchard orioles. BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2019 Robertson père got 6,000 acres of undulating pastureland and forest atop craggy sea cliffs, one of which is home to the world’s largest mainland colony of gannets. Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2019 See More Word History Etymology Middle English ganate, gante, going back to Old English ganot, ganet "a seabird, probably Morus bassanus," going back to Germanic ganuta- "gander" (whence Middle Dutch ghent* "gander," Old High German ganazzo, ganzo), from gan- (base of gan-s- "goose") + *-uta-, suffix of animal names — more at goose entry 1 First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition gannet noun gan·net ˈga-nət : a large bird that eats fish and spends much time far from land
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gannet

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