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Gannet

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Noun

1. gannet

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gannet

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noun
1. 
any of several heavily built marine birds of the genus Morus (or Sula), having a long stout bill and typically white plumage with dark markings: family Sulidae, order Pelecaniformes (pelicans, cormorants, etc)
See also booby (sense 3)
2. slang
a gluttonous or greedy person

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Gannet

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nounWord forms: plural ˈgannets or ˈgannet
any of a genus (Morus, family Sulidae) of pelecaniform birds; esp., a white, gooselike, web-footed bird (M. bassanus) that breeds on cliffs along the N Atlantic coasts

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gannet

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n.
Any of several large seabirds of the genus Morus, especially M. bassanus of the North Atlantic, having a pointed bill and tail, long wings, and white plumage with black wingtips. Also called solan.

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