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- noun The red-throated diver or loon, Urinator or Colymbus septentrionalis, supposed to foretell rain by its cry.
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Nickname for the Red-Throated Loon (a.k.a. Red-Throated Diver outside of North America). Other nicknames include pegmonk, cape race, cobble, little loon, pegging-owl loon, pepper-shinned loon, peggin'-awl loon, scape-grace, and sprat loon.
December 11, 2007