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Word entry · 6 letters

gannet

Best crossword clue

"Plunge-diving seabird"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡænɪt/Part of speech nounSorted aegnntStarts with GEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish

Word origin

From Middle English ganet, gante, from Old English ganot, from Proto-West Germanic *ganat, *ganatō, from Proto-Germanic *ganatuz, *ganutô (“gander”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *ganzô.

Used in a sentence

  • She was no longer in the company of her older sister and mother who had often scolded her for ganneting down her food.

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