great northern loon
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Great Northern Loon — Adult in breeding plumage in Wisconsin, USA Conservation status … Wikipedia
great northern diver — noun A large member of the diver family, Gavia immer, commonly breeding in North America, where it is known as the as common loon. Syn: common loon, great northern loon … Wiktionary
Great Northern — may refer to:* Great Northern (band), an indie pop group from the USA * Great Northern Diver ( Gavia immer ), a bird also known as the Common Loon * Great Northern War, a war fought by Russia, Denmark Norway, and Saxony Poland against Sweden *… … Wikipedia
Great Northern Diver — Taxobox name = Great Northern Diver status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49674|title=Gavia immer|downloaded=2006 05 09] image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata… … Wikipedia
great northern diver — noun : common loon … Useful english dictionary
Loon — For other uses, see Loon (disambiguation). Divers / Loons Temporal range: ?Late Eocene Recent (see text) 37–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Loon — Loon, n. [For older loom, Icel. l[=o]mr; akin to Dan. & Sw. lom.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several aquatic, wed footed, northern birds of the genus {Urinator} (formerly {Colymbus}), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loon — loon1 /loohn/, n. any of several large, short tailed, web footed, fish eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere. [1625 35; perh. alter. of LOOM3] loon2 /loohn/, n. a crazy or simple minded person. [1400 50; late ME lowen … Universalium
loon — {{11}}loon (1) large diving bird (especially the Great Northern Diver), 1630s, from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Norw. lom, from O.N. lomr). {{12}}loon (2) crazy person, mid 15c., lowen rascal, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Du. loen… … Etymology dictionary
loon — n. 1. (Ornith.) Great northern diver, ember goose (Columbus glacialis). 2. Simpleton, fool, dunce, blockhead, loggerhead … New dictionary of synonyms
