Usually means: Large seabirds, known for diving.
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  2. gannets: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. gannets: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. gannets: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (gannet)

noun:  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.
noun:  (chiefly British, South Africa) A voracious eater; a glutton.
verb:  (chiefly transitive, informal, British) To wolf down, gobble or eat (something) voraciously.
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