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PRONUNCIATION OF PIED-BILLED GREBE

pied-billed grebe  [ˈpaɪdˌbɪld ɡriːb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIED-BILLED GREBE

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Pied-Billed grebe is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PIED-BILLED GREBE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pied-billed grebe

Pied-billed grebe

The pied-billed grebe is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Since the Atitlán grebe has become extinct, it is the sole extant member of the genus Podilymbus. The pied-billed grebe is primarily found in ponds throughout the Americas. Other names of this grebe include American dabchick, dabchick, Carolina grebe, devil-diver, dive-dapper, dipper, hell-diver, pied-billed dabchick, thick-billed grebe, and water witch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIED-BILLED GREBE


Beeb
biːb
dieb
diːb
dweeb
dwiːb
ephebe
ɪˈfiːb
feeb
fiːb
glebe
ɡliːb
grebe
ɡriːb
Namibe
næˈmiːb
plebe
pliːb
sungrebe
ˈsʌnˌɡriːb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIED-BILLED GREBE

piecework
pieceworker
piecrust
piecrust table
pied
pied flycatcher
Pied Piper
Pied Piper of Hamelin
pied shag
pied wagtail
pied-piping
piedfort
piedmont
Piedmontese
piedmontite
piedness
pieman
piemen
Piemonte
piemontite

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIED-BILLED GREBE

Achebe
black-necked grebe
debe
great crested grebe
Hebe
little grebe
Phebe
phoebe
red-necked grebe
Slavonian grebe
Thebe

Synonyms and antonyms of pied-billed grebe in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pied-billed grebe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIED-BILLED GREBE

Find out the translation of pied-billed grebe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pied-billed grebe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pied-billed grebe» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

花衣服嘴鸊鷉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zambullidor de pico -pied
570 millions of speakers

English

pied-billed grebe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विचित्र बिल ग्रेब
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الغطاس بييه المنقار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пестрая воробьиный поганка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grebe pied -de-bico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পীড-বিল্ড গ্রি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grèbe à bec
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Grebe pied-billed
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufenthaltsort berechneter Grebe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

通りハシカイツブリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

얼룩덜룩 청구 병아리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pied-billed grebe
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chim cộc trắng pied - hóa đơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பைப்-பில்ட் சாம்பல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाईड-बिल केले गेबे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pied-billed grebe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

svasso pied -fatturato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przystanią rozliczane perkoz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

строката гороб´ячий поганка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Grebe Pied- facturat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βάση ράμφος grebe
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pied -billed Grebe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pied - billed dopping
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pied -billed Grebe
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIED-BILLED GREBE»

Discover the use of pied-billed grebe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pied-billed grebe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta: A Second Look
Photo: Gerry Beyersbergen The secretive Pied-billed Grebe is found in all Natural Regions in Alberta. There was no change in the observed distribution of this species between Atlas 1 and Atlas 2. Despite occurring in all natural regions,  ...
‎2007
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Introduction to Birds of the Southern California Coast
PIED-BILLED GREBE Podilymbus podiceps (PI. 22) A brownish, compact bird with a short neck and a white rump lurks at the margins of sheltered harbors, ponds, or sloughs near the coast but avoids the open ocean. The Pied-billed Grebe ...
Joan Easton Lentz, 2006
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A Nature Guide to the Southwest Tahoe Basin: Including ...
Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps. Plate 31 This thick-billed grebe is usually seen on Fallen Leaf Lake in the late summer and early fall. Winter sightings are less common, though not unheard of. Pied-billed Grebes used to breed (and ...
Charles Quinn, Rebecca Chaplin, David Cardinal, 2006
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The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas
The Pied-billed Grebe, the most common of Iowa's grebes, is a secretive species that spends much of the nesting season hidden in the thick vegetation of marshes . The loud "cow" notes it gives as part of its courtship often startle novices and ...
Laura Spess Jackson, Carol A. Thompson, James J. Dinsmore, 1996
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Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A ...
A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds Pete Dunne. Yellow-billed Loon / Least Grebe 91 Pied-billed Grebe / Red-necked Grebe. pattern on the back makes the body look like it was turned on a lathe. (Darker- backed ...
Pete Dunne, 2013
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Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas
Pied-billed Grebe by Cathryn Wise-Cervais Podilymbus podiceps Never underestimate the small but aggressive Pied- billed Grebe. This bird, the most widespread and solitary grebe in North America, often lurks in reeds with only its head ...
Troy E. Corman, Cathryn Wise-Gervais, 2005
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Wings on the Water: The Great Gallery of Ducks, Geese, and Loons
When surprised, a pied-billed grebe's dive can be a forceful plunge forward that can send a spray of water two meters into the air. Underwater, a pied-billed grebe is fast and agile, depending almost exclusively on its strong legs and toes for ...
‎2012
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of New Jersey
During the 1800s, the pied-billed grebe was a fairly common breeding species within suitable habitat in New Jersey. Market hunters harvested grebes as food and for their feathers, which were used to make earmuffs and hats. Consequently  ...
Bruce E. Beans, Larry Niles, 2003
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Birds of the Yukon Territory
Breeding Spring Summer Fall Wiriter Northern ce-mi Southem ~ casuai rare casual Distribution: The Pied-billed Grebe has been reported only from southern Yukon. Most records are from the Southern Lakes area, particularly Rat Lake, and ...
Edited by Pamela H. Sinclair, Wendy A. Nixon, Cameron D. Eckert, and Nancy L. Hughes, Pamela H. Sinclair, Wendy A. Nixon, 2011
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A Field Guide to Birds of the Desert Southwest
PIED-BILLED GREBE” Podilymbus podiceps The Pied-billed Grebe measures twelve to fifteen inches long and is unique among grebes because it is the only one without a white wing patch or pointed bill. It does have the typical thin neck ...
Barbara L. Davis, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIED-BILLED GREBE»

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Bird sightings
... canoe at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge featured seven least bitterns, a pied-billed grebe, a common gallinule, 13 Virginia rails, ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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Our feathered friends are fledging in greater numbers
Check Mud Lake for Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron and Common Tern too. The past week a ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jun 15»
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ALWAYS IN SEASON: Courtship dance creates avian celebrities
The pied-billed grebe is the most widespread of the grebes. Unlike the others, it tends to be solitary, though, and so it is probably not as ... «Grand Forks Herald, Jun 15»
4
Rare bird alerts still strong
Semipalmated plover, least sandpiper, least and American bittern, Virginia rail, pied-billed grebe, and even rumors of common gallinule are ... «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jun 15»
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One Time I Punched A Goose Right Out Of The Air
My track record is still nearly flawless—I think my work with the pied-billed grebe, the black-throated loon, and countless other species of ... «The Onion, Jun 15»
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Feds move to protect birds from oil pits and power lines
Pied-billed grebe on an oil-covered evaporation pond at a commercial oilfield wastewater disposal facility. Pedro Ramirez Jr./USFWS. «High Country News, May 15»
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Pocono Outdoors: Where north meets south, a natural treasure at …
Bald eagle, osprey, pied-billed grebe, Virginia rail, sora rail, American bittern, Wilson's snipe, green-winged teal, common gallinule and ... «Pocono Record, May 15»
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Hunting in Delaware: 3 Animals Designated Nongame, Endangered …
These include the pied-billed grebe, Cooper's hawk, short-eared owl, brown creeper, American oystercatcher, and red-headed woodpecker. «Newsmax, May 15»
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Blog: DNCB Outing No. 2015-19 to Colony Farm
We got to the Grebe Pond and Mom Pied-billed Grebe was there with her two chicks. It's amazing the size of food bits that these chicks can wolf ... «Delta-Optimist, May 15»
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Stars of Fulton Learning Center birding program
... Pied-billed Grebe, Neotropic Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, American White Pelican, Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, ... «Corpus Christi Caller-Times, May 15»

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