black-throated diver

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.

Similar
Arctic loonblack-throated loon
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Meanings

nounblack-throated diver (plural black-throated divers)

plural black-throated divers

  1. 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.

    Synonyms: Arctic loon, black-throated loon

Synonyms & antonyms

nounGavia 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.

Similar
Arctic loonblack-throated loon

Origin

From the fact that the species is a diver with a black throat.

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Translations

Catalan calàbria agulla, agullat àrtic
  • calàbria agullaGavia arctica
  • agullat àrticGavia arctica
Czech potáplice severní
  • potáplice severníGavia arctica
Danish sortstrubet lom
  • sortstrubet lomGavia arctica
Dutch parelduiker
  • parelduikerGavia arctica
Finnish kuikka
  • kuikkaGavia arctica
French plongeon arctique
  • plongeon arctiqueGavia arctica
German Prachttaucher
  • PrachttaucherGavia arctica
Hungarian sarki búvár
  • sarki búvárGavia arctica
Italian strolaga mezzana
  • strolaga mezzanaGavia arctica
Japanese 大波武
  • 大波武 (oo-hamu)Gavia arctica
Latin gavia arctica
  • gavia arcticaGavia arctica
Norwegian storlom
  • storlomGavia arctica
Romanian cufundar polar
  • cufundar polarGavia arctica
Russian чернозо́бая гага́ра
  • чернозо́бая гага́ра (černozóbaja gagára)Gavia arctica
Spanish colimbo ártico
  • colimbo árticoGavia arctica
Swedish storlom
  • storlomGavia arctica
Turkish kara gerdanlı dalgıç
  • kara gerdanlı dalgıçGavia arctica
Welsh trochydd gyddfddu, trochydd bach
  • trochydd gyddfdduGavia arctica
  • trochydd bachGavia arctica
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APA

black-throated diver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black-throated%20diver

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“black-throated diver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black-throated%20diver. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black-throated diver,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black-throated%20diver.

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