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diver, general term used to refer to many diving birds, e.g., the loon loon, common name for migratory aquatic birds found in fresh- and saltwater in the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Its strange, laughing call carries for great distances. Like the grebes , loons float low in the water and their legs are placed far back. ..... Click the link for more information. , the grebe grebe (grēb), common name for swimming birds found on or near quiet waters in most parts of the world. ..... Click the link for more information. , and some ducks, auks, and penguins. |
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| Thou hast been where bell or diver never went; hast slept by many a sailor's side, where sleepless mothers would give their lives to lay them down. He seeks after simplicity and its effects as a diver seeks for sunken gold. Gradgrind greatly tormented his mind about what the people read in this library: a point whereon little rivers of tabular statements periodically flowed into the howling ocean of tabular statements, which no diver ever got to any depth in and came up sane. |
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