grebe
Noun
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Small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests;
Similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet (synset 102052658)is a type of: podicipitiform seabird - aquatic birds related to the loonssubtypes:- 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
belongs to: genus podiceps, podiceps - type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes
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