solan
a gannet.
Origin of solan
1- Also called solan goose .
Words Nearby solan
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How to use solan in a sentence
Wild flocks of sea-fowl rose above our heads from off the rock, and among others were numbers of gannets or solan geese.
A Yacht Voyage Round England | W.H.G. KingstonThe solan geese here are also great devourers, and are said soon to exhaust all the fish in a pond.
The Diary of John Evelyn, Volume II (of 2) | John EvelynHe had charge, besides, of the solan geese that roosted in the crags; and from these an extraordinary income is derived.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonWith these awful weapons we wandered along the beach and fired at the gulls and solan-geese as they passed us.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth | John MuirThere was the relishing solan goose, whose smell is so powerful that he is never cooked within doors.
The Antiquary, Complete | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for solan
solan goose
/ (ˈsəʊlən) /
an archaic name for the gannet
Origin of solan
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