Search Result for "sula bassana":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. very large white gannet with black wing tips;
[syn: solan, solan goose, solant goose, Sula bassana]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gannet \Gan"net\, n. [OE. gant, AS. ganet, ganot, a sea fowl, a fen duck; akin to D. gent gander, OHG. ganazzo. See Gander, Goose.] (Zool.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans. [1913 Webster] Note: The common gannet of Europe and America (Sula bassana), is also called solan goose, chandel goose, and gentleman. In Florida the wood ibis is commonly called gannet. [1913 Webster] Booby gannet. See Sula. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Sula bassana n 1: very large white gannet with black wing tips [syn: solan, solan goose, solant goose, Sula bassana]