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

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.

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

A conspicuous exception to the rule of philosophic sedateness in newly caught birds is the loon, or great northern diver.

From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple

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