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podicipitiform seabird

DEFINITIONS OF: podicipitiform seabird

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n aquatic birds related to the loons

Types:
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grebe
small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet
Podiceps cristatus, great crested grebe
large Old World grebe with black ear tufts
Podiceps grisegena, red-necked grebe
large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck
Podiceps nigricollis, black-necked grebe, eared grebe
small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck; found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States
Podiceps ruficollis, dabchick, little grebe
small European grebe
Podilymbus podiceps, pied-billed grebe
American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill
Type of:
sea bird, seabird, seafowl
a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.
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