black-throated diver
Meanings
noun
- Gavia arctica, a medium-sized member of the loon or diver family that breeds in Eurasia, with grey head, black throat, white underparts and chequered black-and-white mantle.
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Etymology
From the fact that the species is a diver with a black throat.
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