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grebe noun. [gri:b] M18.
[French grebe, of unkn. origin.]
Any of various long-necked aquatic birds constituting the family Podicipedidae (and order Podicipediformes), having unwebbed lobate toes and able to dive and swim under water. Cf. sun-grebe s.v. SUN noun1. M18.
great crested grebe, little grebe, Slavonian grebe, etc.
The plumage of a grebe. Now rare. M19.