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great northern diver en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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).

Meanings

1. (Ireland, UK) A large member of the diver family, Gavia immer, commonly breeding in North America, where it is known as the as common loon.

Forms

Synonyms

common loon · great northern loon

Translations (38)

fo havgás (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · it strolaga maggiore (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · no islom (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · gd buna-bhuachaille (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · cy trochydd mawr (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · lt ledinis naras (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · ko 검은부리아비 (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · fr richepaume (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · aht dadzeni (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · ca agullat gros (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · ru черноклю́вая гага́ра (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · ro cufundar mare (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · is himbrimi (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · cmn 普通潛鳥 /普通潜鸟 (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · fr huard (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · da islom (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · fr imbrim (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · fi amerikanjääkuikka (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · fr plongeon huard (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · fr huart à collier (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · fo imbrimil (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · nl ijsduiker (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · sv svartnäbbad islom (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · ca calàbria grossa (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · tr buz dalgıcı (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · kl tuullik (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · es colimbo grande (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · fy iisdûker (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · pt mobelha-grande (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · bg черноклюн гмуркач (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · de Eistaucher (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · fr plongeon imbrin (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · ga lóma mór (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · ja ハシグロアビ (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · hu jeges búvár (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · sq nori i madh (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · pl nur lodowiec (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) · sk potáplica veľká (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer)