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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gannet /ˈganɪt/

▶noun

1 a large seabird with mainly white plumage, catching fish by plunge-diving. [Morus bassanus and other species.]

2 Brit. informal a glutton.

– origin OE ganot, of Gmc origin; rel. to gander.

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