Assertion: kingfisher | /r/CapableOf | make straight or spiral dive
Facets:
value: directly downward
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: From such a perch the bird may dive obliquely into the water to seize the fish in its powerful bill; or, rising 30 or 40 feet into the air and scanning the water below it in more active pursuit of its prey, it may stop and hover for a few seconds, with rapidly vibrating wings, and then make a straight or spiral dive directly downward, disappearing beneath the water sometimes for several seconds.