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Grebe

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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

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Grebe

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noun
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

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Grebe

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nounWord forms: plural grebes or grebe
any of a worldwide order (Podicipediformes) of diving and swimming birds with broadly lobed toes and legs set far back on the body

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Grebe

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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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