red-throated diver

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Red-throated diver

Etymology

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From the fact that the species is a diver with a red throat.

Noun

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red-throated diver (plural red-throated divers)

  1. Gavia stellata, the smallest member of the loon or diver family, breeding in northern Eurasia and Arctic Canada, with grey head, red throat, white underparts and dark mantle.

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