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GREBE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grebe" is a kind of...):
podicipitiform seabird (aquatic birds related to the loons)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grebe"):
great crested grebe; Podiceps cristatus (large Old World grebe with black ear tufts)
Podiceps grisegena; red-necked grebe (large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck)
black-necked grebe; eared grebe; Podiceps nigricollis (small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck; found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States)
dabchick; little grebe; Podiceps ruficollis (small European grebe)
pied-billed grebe; Podilymbus podiceps (American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill)
Holonyms ("grebe" is a member of...):
genus Podiceps; Podiceps (type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes)
