Devil-diver

Dev´il-div`er

(Zool.) A small water bird. See Dabchick.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

References in periodicals archive

Bird book illustrations show a bird with bright yellow feathery "horns", but in winter the plumage is a more unassuming black-and-white, though its red eyes led to folk names of "devil-diver" and "water-witch".

BIRD NOTES With Julian Hughes

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