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• grebe — /greeb/, n. any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes. Cf. great crested grebe, pied billed grebe. [1760 70; < F grèbe < ?] * * * Any of about 18 species of …   Universalium