PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck; found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States

Synonyms:

black-necked grebe; eared grebe; Podiceps nigricollis

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Podiceps nigricollis" 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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