Gannet (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gannet" is a kind of...):
pelecaniform seabird (large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gannet"):
solan; solan goose; solant goose; Sula bassana (very large white gannet with black wing tips)
booby (small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both)
Holonyms ("gannet" is a member of...):
family Sulidae; Sulidae (gannets and boobies)