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Webster 1913 Edition

(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.

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.

See also: grebe

grèbe m ‎(plural grèbes)