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Definition of Eared 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eared Grebe
Literary usage of Eared grebe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"eared grebe. Breeding plumage. — A fan-shaped tuft of tawny silky feathers on
each side of head ; rest of head, neck, ..."
2. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1856)
"THE eared grebe belongs to various countries of Europe — Iceland, Russia, Sweden,
Lapland, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Greece, France, Italy, ..."
3. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"THE eared grebe is the rarest of the five species of Grebes found in the British
Islands; and during the many years that Montagu devoted attention to ..."
4. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"... in a battle to the death for the possession of the nest, but never, so far as
I have observed, in a victory for the smaller bird. AMERICAN eared grebe. ..."
5. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"eared grebe. Mont. Ornith. Diet. and Supplt. Grebe Oreillard. ... eared grebe.
Podiceps auritus. Selby, Illustr. II. 157. Podiceps auritus. ..."
6. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1857)
"THE eared grebe is a winter visitant in Great Britain, occurring less ...
The continental countries enumerated as the residence of the eared grebe are, ..."
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