| 单词 | pacific diver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPacific diver Pacific diver n. chiefly British a diver of the Pacific Ocean, Gavia pacifica, which breeds in the Arctic and winters on the north Canadian coast, resembling the great northern diver (common loon) but smaller, with a black neck and pale grey head and nape. ΚΠ 1858 S. F. Baird Birds (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route Pacific IX) 889 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (33rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 91) Colymbus pacificus Lawrence... The Pacific Diver... Head above and hind part of neck dark bluish grey; back, wing coverts, and scapulars blackish brown, margined with greyish white, most conspicuous on the latter; primaries black. 1892 W. Pike Barren Ground Northern Canada xi. 162 The Pacific or Adam's diver. 1999 Biogeography 1 107 Three adults (one male and two females) of the anisakid nematode Contracaecum variegatum (Rudolphi, 1809) were found in the gizzard of the Pacific diver (Gavia pacifica) sampled on the coast of the Japan Sea. < as lemmas |
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