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pied-billed grebe

American

[pahyd-bild] / ˈpaɪdˌbɪld /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of pied-billed grebe

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

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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 • Jul. 6, 2011

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 Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee

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