GANNET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gannet mean? 

• GANNET (noun)
  The noun GANNET has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GANNET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GANNET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("gannet" is a kind of...):

pelecaniform seabird (large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gannet"):

solan; solan goose; solant goose; Sula bassana (very large white gannet with black wing tips)

booby (small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both)

Holonyms ("gannet" is a member of...):

family Sulidae; Sulidae (gannets and boobies)