gannet
noun
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
gannets
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pluralof gannet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The towering chalk cliffs of Bempton are home to England's "largest seabird city", with about half a million puffins, gannets, kittiwakes and guillemots living there between March and August each year, according to the RSPB.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Most people get upset and angry at the sight of gannets sitting on nests of nylon ropes, and whales drifting ashore with their stomachs full of plastic.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
The paper documented the population collapses in seabird communities around the world, from kittiwakes in the North Sea to murres in the Gulf of Alaska to gannets and penguins off the coast of Namibia.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024
Avian flu has decimated seabird populations around Scotland's coast, including gannets on Bass Rock and skuas in Shetland.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
It goes some- how against the grain to learn that cost-benefit analyses can be done neatly on lakes, meadows, nesting gannets, even whole oceans.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
