hell-diver

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hell-diver - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dabchick \Dab"chick`\ (d[a^]b"ch[i^]k`), n. [For dabchick. See
     Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.] (Zool.)
     A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the
     grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called
     also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper,
     dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe
     .
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  Hell-diver \Hell"-div`er\, n. (Zool.)
     The dabchick.
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