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grebe  (grb)

n.

Any of various swimming and diving birds of the family Podicipedidae, having a pointed bill and lobed, fleshy membranes along each toe.

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[French grèbe.]

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grebe [griːb]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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

[from French grèbe, of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

grebe - 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

Translations

grebe [griːb] N → zampullín m, somormujo m

grebe [ˈgriːb] n (= bird) → grèbe m

grebe

n → (See)taucher m

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