grebe

/grib/
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Other forms: grebes

Definitions of grebe
  1. noun
    small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet
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    Podiceps cristatus, great crested grebe
    large Old World grebe with black ear tufts
    Podiceps grisegena, red-necked grebe
    large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck
    Podiceps nigricollis, black-necked grebe, eared grebe
    small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck; found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States
    Podiceps ruficollis, dabchick, little grebe
    small European grebe
    Podilymbus podiceps, pied-billed grebe
    American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill
    type of:
    podicipitiform seabird
    aquatic birds related to the loons
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