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Diver , n.
- One who, or that which, dives.1913 Webster
Divers and fishers for pearls.
Woodward.1913 Webster - Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. “A diver into causes.”Sir H. Wotton.1913 Webster
- (Zool.) Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.1913 Webster
☞ 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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- One who, or that which, dives.