Diver

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One who, or that which, dives.

II. Diver ·noun Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business.

III. Diver ·noun Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.

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