gannet

English

Etymology

Old English ganot, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *ganataz, *ganutô (“gander”). Cognate with Dutch gent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanɪt/
• Rhymes: -ænɪt

Gannets

Noun

gannet (plural gannets)

1. 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.
2. (British, South Africa) A voracious eater; a glutton.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gannet.

Synonyms

• (voracious eater): see Thesaurus:glutton

Derived terms

• northern gannet, Morus bassanus
• Australasian gannet, Morus serrator
• Cape gannet, Morus capensis

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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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