noun
grebes
• Syn: ↑Podicipitiformes, ↑order Podicipitiformes, ↑Podicipediformes, ↑order Podicipediformes, ↑order Colymbiformes
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves
• Member Meronyms: ↑podicipitiform seabird, ↑Podicipedidae, ↑family Podicipedidae
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\\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a small cosmopolitan order of strong-flying water birds comprising the grebes that are distinguished from the related loons by their generally smaller size and their lack of webbed feet
Useful english dictionary. 2012.