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Webster 1913 Edition


Grebe

Grebe

(grēb)
,
Noun.
[F.
grèbe
, fr. Armor.
krib
comb; akin to
kriben
crest, W.
crib
comb, crest. So called in allusion to the crest of one species.]
(Zool.)
One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus
Colymbus
(formerly
Podiceps
), and allied genera, found in the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

Webster 1828 Edition


Grebe

GREBE

,
Noun.
A fowl of the genus Colymbus and order of ansers, of several species; as the tippet-grebe, the horned grebe, the eared grebe or dob-chick.

Definition 2024


grebe

grebe

See also: grèbe

English

Noun

A grebe.

grebe (plural grebes)

  1. Any of several waterbirds in the cosmopolitan family Podicipedidae. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

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