great northern diver


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great northern diver

n
(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)
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great northern diver

n (Zool) → tuffatore m dei ghiacci
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A Great Northern Diver and Scaup are with a huge flock of Common Scoters off Llanfairfechan, while a Great White Egret was a rare find at Cors Geirch, near Nefyn.
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The National Museum might be interested in acquiring his specimen of a Great Northern Diver or Common Loon, as it is known in North America.
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Wherever you go on the island, you are never far from a loch or from bird life - herring gulls, terns, oyster-catchers, shelducks and the Great Northern Diver in full breeding plumage before it departs at the end of May.
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The Great Northern Diver is the largest and most impressive.
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Ireland's National Museum might be interested in acquiring his specimen of a Great Northern Diver or Common Loon, as it is known in North America.
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