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Gavia

noun
1.
Type genus of the Gavidae: loons.  Synonym: genus Gavia.






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"Gavia" Quotes from Famous Books



... mozo que sirve en el navio para subir a la gavia y otros usos. Tirunculus nauticus."—La real ...
— Notes and Queries 1850.03.23 • Various

... screech owls; his trip to an island off the Maine coast for gull-sketches added greatly to an acquaintance with Larie; and but for his six-weeks' visit with the loons of "Immer Lake," much of the story of Gavia could not have been told. Since Mr. Sim contributed not only the pictures to the book, but many items of interest to the narrative, it gives the writer pleasure to acknowledge his cooperation, both as ...
— Bird Stories • Edith M. Patch



Words linked to "Gavia" :   family Gavidae, bird genus, diver, Gavidae, loon, genus Gavia



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