gannet: [OE] The gannet used to be known dialectally as the solan goose (solan was a compound formed in the 15th century from Old Norse súla ‘gannet’ and önd ‘duck’), and in fact the name gannet too reveals a perceived similarity between the gannet and the goose. For it comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *ganitaz or *ganoton, a word formed from the same base as produced English gander [10]. => gander
gannet (n.)
Old English ganot, name of a kind of sea-bird, from Proto-Germanic *ganton- (cognates: Dutch gent, Middle High German ganiz, Old High German ganazzo "a gander"), from PIE *ghans- "a goose" (see goose (n.)). Old French gante is from Germanic.
实用例句
1. A zoologist attempts to capture a northern gannet affected by the oil spill.
一个动物学家企图捕捉沾染漏油的北方塘鹅。来自辞典例句
2. Gannet - To subsist by the wings of his virtue and merit, having little land to rest upon.
