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.

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

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

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