red-throated diver

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Red-throated diver

Etymology

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

Noun

red-throated diver (plural red-throated divers)

  1. Gavia stellata, the smallest member of the loon or diver family, breeding in northern Eurasia and Arctic Canada, with grey head, red throat, white underparts and dark mantle.

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