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Definition of Black-necked grebe
1. Noun. Small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck; found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States.
Definition of Black-necked grebe
1. Noun. A freshwater bird, ''Podiceps nigricollis'', of the grebe family (''Podicipedidae'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black-necked Grebe
Literary usage of Black-necked grebe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nests and Eggs of British Birds: When and where to Find Them : Being a by Charles Dixon (1894)
"... black-necked grebe, Podiceps nigricollis, Brehm, has bred in our islands, in
Norfolk, but up to the present time no nest has been actually discovered. ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"They are not to be distinguished from those of the black-necked grebe, and are
of a greenish-white colour with the usual chalky covering. ..."
3. An Illustrated Manual of British Birds by Howard Saunders (1899)
"The black-necked grebe is merely a wanderer to the southern portions of Scandinavia;
but Benzon assured Mr. Dresser that it bred regularly near Thy, ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"The black-necked grebe. By Oliver G. Pike. Account of a nesting at Tring with a
wonderful series of photographs of the nest and bird under various ..."
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