pied-billed grebe

[ pahyd-bild ]

noun

1. an American grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, having a whitish bill with a black band around it.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pied-billed grebe¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

Her thesis research was the ecology of the giant pied-billed grebe, a flightless bird that was then found only at Lake Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands and now is extinct.

From Seattle Times

Quite as expert a performer is the pied-billed grebe, who swims long distances with body submerged and only the tip of the bill out of the water.

From Project Gutenberg