great northern diver
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the fact that the species is a diver, the largest or greatest of those regularly found off the British Isles, which has a very northerly range (no further south than the British Isles).
Noun[edit]
great northern diver (plural great northern divers)
- (UK, Ireland) A large member of the diver family, Gavia immer, commonly breeding in North America, where it is known as the as common loon.
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Translations[edit]
large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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