red-throated diver
noun
A small diver that breeds on lakes in northern Eurasia and Canada, Gavia stellata, having a dark red patch on the throat in the breeding season.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, traveller, and writer.
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