gannet
pronunciation
How to pronounce gannet in British English:
UK [ˈgænɪt]
How to pronounce gannet in American English:
US [ˈɡænɪt]
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- Noun:
- large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish
Word Origin
- gannet
- gannet: [OE] The gannet used to be known dialectally as the solan goose (solan was a compound formed in the 15th century from Old Norse súla ‘gannet’ and önd ‘duck’), and in fact the name gannet too reveals a perceived similarity between the gannet and the goose. For it comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *ganitaz or *ganoton, a word formed from the same base as produced English gander [10].=> gander
- gannet (n.)
- Old English ganot, name of a kind of sea-bird, from Proto-Germanic *ganton- (cognates: Dutch gent, Middle High German ganiz, Old High German ganazzo "a gander"), from PIE *ghans- "a goose" (see goose (n.)). Old French gante is from Germanic.
Example
- 1. A document available on shell 's website says the gannet facilities have capacity to export 88000 barrels of crude oil per day .
- 2. Divers and remotely operated vehicles are being used to remove panels and gratings at the gannet platform to assess the ability to close the leaking valve .
- 3. Conservation groups are worried the leak will harm marine life , including birds and fish , in the area around the gannet alpha platform , about 112 miles east of aberdeen .
- 4. Royal dutch shell has said it is working to contain an oil leak at its gannet alpha platform in the north sea , but declined to specify the size of the leak .
- 5. The animals portraits winner : gannet portrait by ben hall .