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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diver \Div"er\, n.
1. One who or that which dives.
Divers and fishers for pearls. --Woodward.
2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or
business. ``A diver into causes.'' --Sir H. Wotton.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of certain genera, as {Urinator}
(formerly {Colymbus}), or the allied genus {Colymbus}, or
{Podiceps}, remarkable for their agility in diving.
Note: The northern diver ({Urinator imber}) is the loon; the
black diver or velvet scoter ({Oidemia fusca}) is a sea
duck. See {Loon}, and {Scoter}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
diver
n 1: someone who works underwater [syn: {frogman}, {underwater
diver}]
2: someone who dives (into water)
3: large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the
northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back
related to the grebes [syn: {loon}]
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