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Definition of Podiceps cristatus
1. Noun. Large Old World grebe with black ear tufts.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Podiceps Cristatus
Literary usage of Podiceps cristatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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, ..."
2. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"... have an oval form, and a smooth surface, of a uniform yellowish-white colour.
Podiceps cristatus, Bonap. Syn., p. 417. Podiceps cristatus, Crested ..."
3. The Birds of Long Island by Jacob P. Giraud (1844)
"At the approach of winter migrates. South. Podiceps cristatus—LATHAM. CRESTED GREBE.
... Podiceps cristatus, Bonap. Syn. Crested Grebe, or Gaunt, ..."
4. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"Legs and toes greyish-black, with a greenish tinge. CRESTED GREBE. Podiceps cristatus,
Lath. PLATE LXXIII. FIGS. 1. AND 2. Podiceps cristatus, Lath. ..."
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