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PODICEPS CRISTATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Podiceps cristatus mean? 

PODICEPS CRISTATUS (noun)
  The noun PODICEPS CRISTATUS has 1 sense:

1. large Old World grebe with black ear tuftsplay

  Familiarity information: PODICEPS CRISTATUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PODICEPS CRISTATUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large Old World grebe with black ear tufts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

great crested grebe; Podiceps cristatus

Hypernyms ("Podiceps cristatus" is a kind of...):

grebe (small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet)


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