black-throat
(British, birdwatching) The black-throated diver ().
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(British, birdwatching) The black-throated diver ().
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(British, birdwatching) The red-throated diver.
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British birdwatching informal abbreviation for the red-throated diver, Gavia stellata, a seabird that breeds on northern moorland lochs. Like many birding nicknames, red-throat is used by enthusiasts as a convenient shorthand. Standard in British birdwatching circles.
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(North America) The black-throated diver bird.
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(Ireland) cormorant.
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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.