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gannets

gannets is the plural of gannet.

gannets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gannet.

Meaning of gannet

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.
    • 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
  2. (South Africa, UK) A voracious eater; a glutton.
    Synonyms:
    glutton

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Phrases with gannets

Questions about gannets

What is gannets the plural of?
Gannets is the plural of gannet.

Words near gannets in the dictionary

  1. gannet's bath
  2. ganneted
  3. ganneting
  4. gannetries
  5. gannetry
  6. gannets
  7. gannets' bath
  8. Gannett
  9. Gannett Peak
  10. gannin
  11. gannister

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