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gannet

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.
  2. noun A voracious eater; a glutton.
  3. verb To wolf down, gobble or eat (something) voraciously.

Similar words

gannett northern gannet gannetry merganser flying gurnard goosander cormorant gade common mora gurnard

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Word family

gannets

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