The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word GUILLEMOT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GUILLEMOT
- Diver in vehicle test on craft circling lake
- Craft crossing loch on annual check finds diver
- Bird from lake caught by cunning cat turning
- With seabird circling, I get book to look up ‘auk’
- Diver’s test on craft round loch
- Bird exhibited by student entering art examination
- Emu got ill, sickly bird
- Bird round island in my view recalled as a diver
- Diver‘s shame, eating most of fruit
- Bird taking most of fruit — shame about that
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What does GUILLEMOT mean?
GUILLEMOT noun- Any seabird belonging to the genera Uria and Cepphus of the auk family Alcidae. They have black and white bodies and are good at swimming and diving.