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A large member of the diver family, Gavia immer, commonly breeding in North America, where it is known as the as common loon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK
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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).
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Ahtna:
dadzeni
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Albanian:
nori i madh
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Bulgarian:
черноклюн гмуркач
(černokljun gmurkač)
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Catalan:
calàbria grossa
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Catalan:
agullat gros
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Chinese Mandarin:
普通潛鳥 /普通潜鸟
(pǔtōng qiánniǎo)
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Danish:
islom
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Dutch:
ijsduiker
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Faroese:
havgás
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Faroese:
imbrimil
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Finnish:
amerikanjääkuikka
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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French:
plongeon huard
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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French:
huard
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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French:
plongeon imbrin
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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French:
huart à collier
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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French:
richepaume
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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French:
imbrim
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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West-Frisian:
iisdûker
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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German:
Eistaucher
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Greenlandic:
tuullik
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Hungarian:
jeges búvár
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Icelandic:
himbrimi
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Irish:
lóma mór
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Italian:
strolaga maggiore
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Japanese:
ハシグロアビ
(hashiguroabi)
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Korean:
검은부리아비
(geomeunburiabi)
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Lithuanian:
ledinis naras
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Norwegian:
islom
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Polish:
nur lodowiec
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Portuguese:
mobelha-grande
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Romanian:
cufundar mare
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Russian:
черноклю́вая гага́ра
(černokljúvaja gagára)
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Scottish Gaelic:
buna-bhuachaille
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Slovak:
potáplica veľká
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Spanish:
colimbo grande
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Swedish:
svartnäbbad islom
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Turkish:
buz dalgıcı
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
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Welsh:
trochydd mawr
— large member of the diver family, Gavia immer