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What (who) is gannet - definition
GENUS OF BIRDS, THE GANNETS
Morus (bird); Gannets
.jpg?width=200 "Gannet, Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire")
![A [[northern gannet]] in [[Bonaventure Island]]'s colony](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gannet up close.jpg?width=200 "A [[northern gannet]] in [[Bonaventure Island]]'s colony")
![Nesting gannets (''[[Morus serrator]]'') at the [[Muriwai]] colony in New Zealand](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Muriwai gannets.JPG?width=200 "Nesting gannets (''[[Morus serrator]]'') at the [[Muriwai]] colony in New Zealand")
Gannet
·noun One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans.
gannet
n.
Solan-goose, noddy, booby (Sula bassana).
gannet
['gan?t]
¦ noun
1. a large seabird with mainly white plumage, catching fish by plunge-diving. [Morus bassanus and other species.]
2. Brit. informal a greedy person.
Origin
OE ganot, of Gmc origin; related to gander.
Wikipedia
Gannet
Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies.
Gannets are large white birds with yellowish heads, black-tipped wings and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, having a wingspan of up to two metres (6+1⁄2 feet). The other two species occur in the temperate seas around southern Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand.
Examples of use of gannet
1. Conservationists said yesterday that they were monitoring the impact of extended cold weather on the gannet population.
2. After the alarm was raised an RAF Sea King helicopter was dispatched from HMS Gannet at Prestwick in Ayrshire.
3. The guga hunters are licensed to kill 2,000 chicks of a certain age each year from Sula Sgeirs gannet population of ',225 birds.
4. No escape: The corpse of the gannet on the surf beach at Fistral, Newquay, strangled by the handle of a carrier bag We too often just dispose of them and come back for more.
5. But after centuries of hunting the guga a Gaelic name for gannet chicks the people of Ness on the island of Lewis fear that the tradition is facing a threat from climate change.