'Devil-diver' definitions:
Definition of 'Devil-diver'
From: GCIDE
- Devil-diver \Dev"il-div`er\, Devil bird \Dev"il bird`\, n.. (Zool.) A small water bird. See Dabchick. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'devil-diver'
From: GCIDE
- Dabchick \Dab"chick`\ (d[a^]b"ch[i^]k`), n. [For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.] (Zool.) A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and {pied-billed grebe}. [1913 Webster]