Editing Gannet (section)

== Etymology ==
"Gannet" is derived from [[Old English]] ''ganot'' meaning "strong or masculine", ultimately from the same [[Old Germanic]] root as "gander".<ref name=OED>{{Cite OED |gannet }}</ref>

=== Taxonomy ===
''Morus'' is derived from [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|el|μωρός}} ''moros'' "stupid"<ref name="GEL">{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=mwro/s |title=μωρός |last1=Liddell |first1=Henry George |last2=Scott |first2=Robert |work=A Greek-English Lexicon |publisher=Perseus Digital Library |date= 1940 }}</ref> or "foolish" due to lack of fear shown by breeding gannets and boobies, allowing them to be easily killed.<ref name= job90>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n260 | publisher = Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 |page = 260}}</ref>