English > grebe: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | 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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| Member of | Podiceps, genus Podiceps | type genus of the Podicipedidae |
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| Narrower | black-necked grebe, eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis | small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck |
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| dabchick, little grebe, Podiceps ruficollis | small European grebe |
| great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus | large Old World grebe with black ear tufts |
| pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps | American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill |
| red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena | large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck |
| Broader | podicipitiform seabird | aquatic birds related to the loons |
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| Spanish | podicipedidae, somorgujo, somorgujón, somormujo, zambullidor |
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| Catalan | cabussó |
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