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little grebe

noun

  1. a small grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis, of the Old World.


little grebe

noun

  1. a small brownish European diving bird, Podiceps ruficollis, frequenting lakes, family Podicipitidae (grebes)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The little grebe or dabchick (Podiceps albipennis) is another species that lays in July or August.

I doubt if the wild duck, teal, little grebe, and moorhen succeed in rearing many young in this most dangerous water.

An Ostrich has very different views in regard to a nest from a little grebe.

The plumage of this little grebe varies according to the time of year.

She is called the Little Grebe, or sometimes, by her intimate friends, the Dabchick.

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