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Definition of Podiceps
1. Noun. Type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Podicipedidae, Podicipedidae
Member holonyms: Grebe
Definition of Podiceps
1. n. See Grebe.
Medical Definition of Podiceps
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Podiceps
Literary usage of Podiceps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Genus podiceps, Latham. The Great Crested Grebe of Europe and the Great Tippet-
Grebe of Australia are both typical members of the genus podiceps, ..."
2. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"podiceps cristatus. Great Crested Grebe. Jen. Brit . Vert. Anim. 251. podiceps
cristatus. Bonap. Comp. List, 65. Male about twenty-four inches in length, ..."
3. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1889)
"White obtained a single example at Cosquin, near Cordova, in September 1882. 421.
podiceps ROLLANDI, Quoy et Gaim. (HOLLAND'S GREBE. ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"... straight, compressed and pointed bill, and linear nostrils; but the differences
in the feet have caused them to be subdivided. podiceps, Lath. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1863)
"podiceps auritus (Penn). The Eared Grebe.—The bird exhibited was found by Mr John
Black wood, George Street, in the early part ..."
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