great northern diver

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Birds such as the shag and the great northern diver became coated with crude and died.

From Time Magazine Archive

But if you wish to see the great northern diver in abundance, you must go beyond the Hebrides, towards Labrador, Iceland, and Spitzbergen.

From Chatterbox, 1905. by Various

They had some rare sport in trying to shoot the great northern diver, called in this country the loon.

From Three Boys in the Wild North Land by Laughlin, J. E.

Another interesting bird, which you may both hear and see on secluded lakes, is the loon or great northern diver.

From On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls by Beard, Lina

Very few birds, and only one small seal, have been obtained during the week; an occasional great northern diver is seen, and a rare land bird has been shot.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold