diver, general term used to refer to many diving birds, e.g., the loon, the grebe, and some ducks, auks, and penguins.

or diver

Any of five species (genus Gavia) of diving birds of North America and Eurasia. Loons range in length from 2 to 3 ft (60 to 90 cm). They have small pointed wings, webs between the front three toes, legs placed far back on the body, making walking awkward, and thick plumage that is mainly black or gray above and white below. They feed mainly on fishes, crustaceans, and insects. Almost wholly aquatic, they can swim long distances underwater and can dive to a depth of 200 ft (60 m). They are generally found singly or in pairs, but some species winter or migrate in flocks. They are known for their eerie “laughing” cries.

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For the fictional character see Diver (Transformers).

Diver can mean:

• Someone who practices scuba diving or surface supplied diving
• An athlete who practices diving in the sense of jumping or falling deliberately into water.
• In sports, someone who falls down without contact to con referees
• The British English name for a group of aquatic birds of the order Gaviiformes, in North America called loons.
• British World War II armed forces code name for the German V1 flying bomb.
• See Operation Diver, the British countermeasures against the German V-1 flying bomb campaign
• See Operation Crossbow: an Allied operation of the Second World War against the German rocket weapons
• One of 2 New Zealand fish:
• New Zealand sand diver
• Long-finned sand diver

• An English spelling of an Irish surname prevalent in Northern County Donegal, Ireland.

Divers can be:

• The plural of any of the above.
• An adjective meaning "diverse, various" or "many and varied", in older English usage including:-
• In the Authorized Version of the Bible, including the phrase "divers diseases".
• In Francis Bacon's letters in 1679
• In the phrase divers hands.