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grebe

 (grēb)
n.
Any of various swimming and diving birds of the family Podicipedidae, having a pointed bill and lobed, fleshy membranes along each toe.
[French grèbe.]
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grebe

(ɡriːb)
n
(Animals) any aquatic bird, such as Podiceps cristatus (great crested grebe), of the order Podicipediformes, similar to the divers but with lobate rather than webbed toes and a vestigial tail
[C18: from French grèbe, of unknown origin]
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grebe

(grib)

n.
any diving bird of the cosmopolitan order Podicipediformes, having a rudimentary tail and lobate toes.
[1760–70; < French grèbe, appar. < Franco-Provençal; further orig. obscure]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.grebe - small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nestsgrebe - small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet
podicipitiform seabird - aquatic birds related to the loons
genus Podiceps, Podiceps - type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes
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
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Translations

grebe

[griːb] N → zampullín m, somormujo m
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grebe

[ˈgriːb] n (= bird) → grèbe m
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grebe

n → (See)taucher m
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grebe

[griːb] n (Zool) → svasso
great crested grebe → svasso m maggiore
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