diver
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Diver
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that dives |
| 2. | a person who works or explores underwater |
| 3. | Also called: loom, US and Canadian name: loon any aquatic bird of the genus Gavia, family Gaviidae, and order Gaviiformes of northern oceans, having a straight pointed bill, small wings, and a long body: noted for swiftness and skill in swimming and diving |
| 4. | any of various other diving birds |
| 5. | slang soccer a player who pretends to have been tripped or impeded by an opposing player in order to win a free kick or penalty |
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Example sentences
So the living veneer of this reef, the part a diver sees, is ever changing.
The fin shall be easily adjustable by the diver while wearing wet suit gloves.
Something similar happens when a scuba diver looks up and sees the sea surface acting as a mirror.
When the famished mothers return to the ocean to feast, down goes a diver with a handheld camera to film the drama.
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