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BLACK-NECKED GREBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black-necked grebe mean? 

BLACK-NECKED GREBE (noun)
  The noun BLACK-NECKED GREBE has 1 sense:

1. small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck; found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: BLACK-NECKED GREBE used as a noun is very rare.


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BLACK-NECKED GREBE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck; found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black-necked grebe; eared grebe; Podiceps nigricollis

Hypernyms ("black-necked grebe" is a kind of...):

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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