helldiver

[ hel-dahy-ver ]
/ ˈhɛlˌdaɪ vər /

noun

a grebe, especially the pied-billed grebe.

Origin of helldiver

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; hell + diver

Example sentences from the Web for helldiver

  • The Helldiver, which had been closest to us when our signal had been picked up, was the first ship in.

    Four-Day Planet |Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for helldiver

helldiver
/ (ˈhɛlˌdaɪvə) /

noun

US informal a small greyish-brown North American grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, with a small bill Also called: pied-billed grebe, dabchick