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helldiver

[ hel-dahy-ver ]
/ ˈhɛlˌdaɪ vər /
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noun
a grebe, especially the pied-billed grebe.
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Origin of helldiver

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; hell + diver

Words nearby helldiver

hellbent, hell-bent for leather, hellbox, hellbroth, hellcat, helldiver, Helle, hellebore, helleborein, helleborin, helleborine
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How to use helldiver in a sentence

  • The Helldiver, which had been closest to us when our signal had been picked up, was the first ship in.

    Four-Day Planet|Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for helldiver

helldiver
/ (ˈhɛlˌdaɪvə) /
noun
US informal a small greyish-brown North American grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, with a small billAlso called: pied-billed grebe, dabchick
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