noun
American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill
• Syn: ↑Podilymbus podiceps
• Hypernyms: ↑grebe
• Member Holonyms: ↑Podilymbus, ↑genus Podilymbus
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\ noun : a medium-sized No. American grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) that is largely dark grayish brown above and whitish below and has a whitish bill encircled by a black band — called also dabchick, hell-diver
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/puyd"bild'/
an American grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, having a whitish bill with a black band around it.
[1830-40, Amer.]
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pied-billed grebe «PYD BIHLD»,
a small North American grebe with a rounded bill, that lives in ponds and swamps.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.