black-diver
An Irish regional name for the cormorant, a large, dark-colored seabird known for its exceptional diving ability.
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An Irish regional name for the cormorant, a large, dark-colored seabird known for its exceptional diving ability. The name is descriptively straightforward — the bird is black and it dives. Regional folk names for animals like this were common before standardized ornithological naming, and black-diver reflects the practical, visual approach Irish coastal communities took to naming the wildlife around them.
The fisherman pointed to the rocks and said that's what his grandfather always called a black-diver — most people would call it a cormorant.
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(Ireland) cormorant.
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