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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 States
Familiarity information: BLACK-NECKED GREBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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