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black-throated diver

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: tsʼelbae — Gavia arctica
  • Albanian: nori gushëzi — Gavia arctica
  • Albanian: norushe — Gavia arctica
  • Catalan: calàbria agulla — Gavia arctica
  • Catalan: agullat àrtic — Gavia arctica
  • Czech: potáplice severní — Gavia arctica
  • Danish: sortstrubet lom — Gavia arctica
  • Dutch: parelduiker — Gavia arctica
  • Faroese: øssvartur lómur — Gavia arctica
  • Finnish: kuikka — Gavia arctica
  • French: plongeon arctique — Gavia arctica
  • German: Prachttaucher — Gavia arctica
  • Hungarian: sarki búvár — Gavia arctica
  • Italian: strolaga mezzana — Gavia arctica
  • Japanese: 大波武 (oo-hamu) — Gavia arctica
  • Latin: gavia arctica — Gavia arctica
  • Lower Tanana: tth'edlbat — Gavia arctica
  • Norwegian: storlom — Gavia arctica
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: storlom — Gavia arctica
  • Romanian: cufundar polar — Gavia arctica
  • Russian: чернозо́бая гага́ра (černozóbaja gagára) — Gavia arctica
  • Inari-Sami: tuhtuu — Gavia arctica
  • Kildin-Sami: тохт (toxt) — Gavia arctica
  • Lule-Sami: davek — Gavia arctica
  • Northern Sami: dovtta — Gavia arctica
  • Skolt-Sami: tohtti — Gavia arctica
  • Southern Sami: daktege — Gavia arctica
  • Southern Sami: duvvehke — Gavia arctica
  • Spanish: colimbo ártico — Gavia arctica
  • Swedish: storlom — Gavia arctica
  • Turkish: kara gerdanlı dalgıç — Gavia arctica
  • Welsh: trochydd gyddfddu — Gavia arctica
  • Welsh: trochydd bach — Gavia arctica