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grebe

/greeb/US // grib //UK // (ɡriːb) //

鸊鷉,鸊鷉鱼,鸊鷉鸟

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes.

Examples

  • The little grebe or dabchick (Podiceps albipennis) is another species that lays in July or August.

  • This is next to the Western Grebe in size, both being larger than any of the others.

  • They build a typical Grebe's nest, a floating mass of decayed matter which stains the naturally white eggs to a dirty brown.

  • "I have no time for gossiping," mumbled Gaffer Grebe, with his mouth full of building material.

  • I doubt if the wild duck, teal, little grebe, and moorhen succeed in rearing many young in this most dangerous water.

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