grebe
/greeb/US // grib //UK // (ɡriːb) //
鸊鷉,鸊鷉鱼,鸊鷉鸟
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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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