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Meanings of loon in inglés

ruso
loon
portugués
projeto loon
español
project loon

Company working on balloons that provide internet access.

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project loon
portugués
mobelha
catalán
gaviforme
español
gavia

Large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes.

gavia
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Examples for "diver"
Examples for "diver"
1
Hwang, the diver, said his team had retrieved 14 bodies so far.
Reuters
2
The centre is looking for an experienced scuba diver for the job.
The Irish Times
3
The next time I saw a diver it was in deeper water.
Lord Dolphin
4
No longer did the treacherous track indicate the position of the diver.
The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
5
The Chinese diver Luxin Zhou is on course for a pillar-to-post gold.
The Guardian

A person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.

Language in Maluku.

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Usage of loon in inglés
1
Rather it used to be, before I went into the loon house.
Mister Slaughter
2
A loon, Abigail had said-thoughthere were no loons in these parts.
In the shadow of gotham
3
A loon cried out on the lake; moths battered the stoop light.
Bag of Bones
4
The loon forgot his love-sickness, and screamed raucous defiance at the moon.
The Country Beyond: A Romance of the Wilderness
5
Strange to say, a loon was once pulled up with the shad.
Nature's Serial Story
6
The effort was ridiculous, and he but flopped like a winged loon.
A Man and a Woman
7
At the end of his emperorship, he was something of a loon.'
Sign of the cross
8
Not of the funeral bell variety, but rather of a drunken loon.
Mister Slaughter
9
Well, one night I hearn a loon, or thought I hearn one.
Sevenoaks: A Story of Today
10
To a pale-faced loon from Cheshire, it felt like Dante's fiery furnace.
Paths of glory
11
He was peering round the old loon, trying to read the labels.
The Naked God
12
When ye kin stick a fork in the grin'stone, the loon's done!
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp; Or, The Old Lumberman's Secret
13
A barred loon called from the far end of the lake.
The truth of valor
14
At times the call of the loon breaks the evening air.
The Tarn of Eternity
15
It went willingly, like a loon diving under the water after a fish.
Oracle's Queen
16
When caught and placed in our kind of captivity, the loon goes daft.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
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Translations for loon
catalán
gaviforme
Loon through the time
Loon across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common