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What is the noun for gannet?

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gannet
  1. 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. (Britain, South Africa) A voracious eater; a glutton.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “I have some Jaffa Cakes here, you great fat gannet!”
      “Hebrideans have always prized the gannet, both as a dish and for lamp fuel.”
      “The gannet is the largest member of the unfortunately-named booby family and the most common on the Atlantic coast.”
gannetry
  1. A colony of gannets (especially one established on an isolated marine rock, during the breeding season)
  2. Examples:
    1. “The Science article includes a picture of the gannetry on Bird Island, the largest in the world, by a Port Elizabeth photo-journalist and author.”
      “Today it's the world's largest single rock gannetry with 40,000 pairs returning to breed each year.”
      “The off-shore islands, which are part of the estate, provide sanctuary for several world-famous bird colonies including the exceptional Eilean Dubh gannetry.”
gannetries
  1. plural of gannetry
gannets
  1. plural of gannet
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The air and sea were alive with graceful gannets, bumble-bee-like puffins and delicate shearwaters.”
      “They can also see puffins, ospreys, ptarmigans, gannets, and a springtime explosion of breeding birds on the coastal cliffs.”
      “Great skuas, gannets, fulmars, blackheaded gulls and a few guillemots played like children.”
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