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great northern diver
(redirected from Common Loon)

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great northern diver
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large northern bird, Gavia immer, with a black-and-white chequered back and a black head and neck in summer: family Gaviidae (divers)
Translations
great northern diver n (Zool) → tuffatore m dei ghiacci


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