gannet
gannet
Definition
gan·net (gan′it)
noun pl. -·nets or -·net
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
Etymology: ME ganat < OE ganot, solan goose, lit., a gander, akin to Du gent, OHG ganazzo, gander: for IE base see goose
gannet
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- nest: On a clear day you can see Scare Rocks in Luce Bay, home to thousands of pairs of nesting gannets.
- see: Reports of gannets also seen feeding in these areas is a good indication that herring are in good supply.
- include: Laura introduced us to some of the seabirds which included a very cool gannet.
- pass: From here I drove to the east to Waihi Beach for some sea watching, but only few Australian Gannets passed by.
- watch: Setting up our scopes we were soon watching Gannets of various ages moving off shore.
- record: The main movement of gannets recorded during the incident was along a southwest _ northeast axis from Grassholm ( Ibid.
Preposition: in
- area: There were approximately 400 Gannets in the area at the time.
Adjective modifier
- diving: They are often seen in association with diving gannets feeding on the same fish.
- Australian: From here I drove to the east to Waihi Beach for some sea watching, but only few Australian Gannets passed by.
- northern: Diving depths of northern gannets: acoustic observations of Sula bassana from an autonomous underwater vehicle.
- few: However, aside from a few gannets, we saw little else of interest.
- young: The young gannets tumble off the rock, hopefully learning to fly on the way down in this ultimate school of hard knocks.
- many: They were leaping quite high out of the water at times and many Gannets were diving in the area.
Modifies a noun
- colony: Includes the largest gannet colony in the northern hemisphere.
- chick: Once on the stack, three of the group managed to ring almost 100 gannet chicks and adults.
- nest: Gannets nest only in the north Atlantic mainly on steep, rocky, and often inaccessible islands.
- population: The greater pars of the world's entire gannet population is in Britain where their numbers are steadily increasing.
- number: Northern gannet numbers were highest over the continental shelf region, where foraging adults dominated.
Noun used with modifier
