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RED-NECKED GREBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red-necked grebe mean?
• RED-NECKED GREBE (noun)
The noun RED-NECKED GREBE has 1 sense:
1. large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck
Familiarity information: RED-NECKED GREBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Podiceps grisegena; red-necked grebe
Hypernyms ("red-necked grebe" 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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