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Diver (?), n.
1. One who, or that which, dives.
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Divers and fishers for pearls. Woodward.
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2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. “A diver into causes.” Sir H. Wotton.
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3. (Zool.) Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.
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☞ The northern diver (Urinator imber) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter (Oidemia fusca) is a sea duck. See Loon, and Scoter.
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