imbrim

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French

Etymology

From Faroese imbrimil (great northern diver).

Noun

imbrim m (plural imbrims)

  1. great northern diver
    • 1751-72, Encyclopédie, André le Breton, Michel-Antoine David, Laurent Durand, Antoine-Claude Briasson, pages 8:566
      IMBRIM, s. m. (Hist. nat.) nom que l’on donne dans les îles de Feroe ou Farroe à un oiseau de la grosseur d’une oie, qui, dit - on, ne sort jamais de l’eau.
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