"great northern diver" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: great northern divers [plural]
Etymology: From the fact that the species is a diver, the largest or greatest of those regularly found off the British Isles, which has a very northerly range (no further south than the British Isles). Head templates: {{en-noun}} great northern diver (plural great northern divers)
  1. (UK, Ireland) A large member of the diver family, Gavia immer, commonly breeding in North America, where it is known as the as common loon. Wikipedia link: great northern diver Tags: Ireland, UK Categories (lifeform): Loons Synonyms: common loon, great northern loon Translations (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer): nori i madh [masculine] (Albanian), черноклюн гмуркач (černokljun gmurkač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), calàbria grossa [feminine] (Catalan), 普通潛鳥 (Chinese Mandarin), 普通潜鸟 (pǔtōng qiánniǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), islom (Danish), ijsduiker (Dutch), havgás [feminine] (Faroese), imbrimil [masculine] (Faroese), amerikanjääkuikka (Finnish), plongeon huard [masculine] (French), huard [masculine] (French), plongeon imbrin [masculine] (French), huart à collier [masculine] (French), richepaume [masculine] (French), imbrim [masculine] (French), Eistaucher [masculine] (German), tuullik (Greenlandic), jeges búvár (Hungarian), himbrimi [masculine] (Icelandic), lóma mór [masculine] (Irish), strolaga maggiore (Italian), ハシグロアビ (hashiguroabi) (Japanese), ledinis naras (Lithuanian), naalʼeełídaakį́ diłhiłígíí (Navajo), islom (Norwegian), nur lodowiec (Polish), mobelha-grande [feminine] (Portuguese), черноклю́вая гага́ра (černokljúvaja gagára) [feminine] (Russian), buna-bhuachaille [Canada, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), potáplica veľká [feminine] (Slovak), colimbo grande [masculine] (Spanish), svartnäbbad islom (Swedish), buz dalgıcı (Turkish), trochydd mawr [masculine] (Welsh), iisdûker (West Frisian)

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          "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
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          "word": "potáplica veľká"
        },
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          "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
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          "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
          "word": "svartnäbbad islom"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
          "word": "buz dalgıcı"
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          "code": "cy",
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      "word": "nori i madh"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
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      "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
      "word": "naalʼeełídaakį́ diłhiłígíí"
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      "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
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      "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
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      "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
      "word": "svartnäbbad islom"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
      "word": "buz dalgıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trochydd mawr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "large member of the diver family, Gavia immer",
      "word": "iisdûker"
    }
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  "word": "great northern diver"
}

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