Definition of "hell-diver" []

• The dabchick, or little grebe. (noun)

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• "I went through the water like a hell-diver, and without quite knowing what I was doing I got hold of him and tried to garrote him."
• "He allowed that it was a common "hell-diver with an abnormal head," while Lyons claimed that it was a kingfisher."
• "And so it is that the duck called hell-diver has red eyes.”"