PODILYMBUS PODICEPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Podilymbus podiceps mean? 

• PODILYMBUS PODICEPS (noun)
  The noun PODILYMBUS PODICEPS has 1 sense:

1. American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill

  Familiarity information: PODILYMBUS PODICEPS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PODILYMBUS PODICEPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pied-billed grebe; Podilymbus podiceps

Hypernyms ("Podilymbus podiceps" 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)

Holonyms ("Podilymbus podiceps" is a member of...):

genus Podilymbus; Podilymbus (a genus of Podicipedidae)