gannet

Etymology

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. Cognates Cognate with Dutch gent, Middle Low German gante, German Ganter, Ganser, all “gander, male goose”.

noun

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. (chiefly Britain, South Africa) A voracious eater; a glutton.

verb

1. (chiefly transitive, informal, Britain) To wolf down, gobble or eat (something) voraciously.
   She was no longer in the company of her older sister and mother who had often scolded her for ganneting down her food. Gaynor Kay, Pebble in the Grass (page 115)