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PODICEPS GRISEGENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Podiceps grisegena mean?
• PODICEPS GRISEGENA (noun)
The noun PODICEPS GRISEGENA has 1 sense:
1. large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck
Familiarity information: PODICEPS GRISEGENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Podiceps grisegena; red-necked grebe
Hypernyms ("Podiceps grisegena" 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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