Meanings
plural great northern divers
- IrelandUKA large member of the diver family, Gavia immer, commonly breeding in North America, where it is known as the as common loon.
Synonyms: common loon, great northern loon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large member of the diver family, Gavia immer, commonly breeding in North America, where it is known as the as common loon.
Origin
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).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian черноклюн гмуркач
- черноклюн гмуркач (černokljun gmurkač)large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Catalan calàbria grossa, agullat gros
- calàbria grossalarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
- agullat groslarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Chinese Mandarin 普通潛鳥 /普通潜鸟
- 普通潛鳥 /普通潜鸟 (pǔtōng qiánniǎo)large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Danish islom
- islomlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Dutch ijsduiker
- ijsduikerlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Finnish amerikanjääkuikka
- amerikanjääkuikkalarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
French plongeon huard, huard
- plongeon huardlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
- huardlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
- plongeon imbrinlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
- huart à collierlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
- richepaumelarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
- imbrimlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
German Eistaucher
- Eistaucherlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Hungarian jeges búvár
- jeges búvárlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Icelandic himbrimi
- himbrimilarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Irish lóma mór
- lóma mórlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Italian strolaga maggiore
- strolaga maggiorelarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Japanese ハシグロアビ
- ハシグロアビ (hashiguroabi)large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Korean 검은부리아비
- 검은부리아비 (geomeunburiabi)large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Lithuanian ledinis naras
- ledinis naraslarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Norwegian islom
- islomlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Polish nur lodowiec
- nur lodowieclarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Portuguese mobelha-grande
- mobelha-grandelarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Romanian cufundar mare
- cufundar marelarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Russian черноклю́вая гага́ра
- черноклю́вая гага́ра (černokljúvaja gagára)large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Scottish Gaelic buna-bhuachaille
- buna-bhuachaillelarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Slovak potáplica veľká
- potáplica veľkálarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Spanish colimbo grande
- colimbo grandelarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Swedish svartnäbbad islom
- svartnäbbad islomlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Turkish buz dalgıcı
- buz dalgıcılarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Welsh trochydd mawr
- trochydd mawrlarge member of the diver family, Gavia immer
Cite this entry
great northern diver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20northern%20diver
“great northern diver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20northern%20diver. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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