Definition of Podiceps cristatus

1. Noun. Large Old World grebe with black ear tufts.

Exact synonyms: Great Crested Grebe
Generic synonyms: Grebe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Podiceps Cristatus

Pobeda Peak
Pobedy Peak
Pocahontas
Pocahontases
Pocatello
Pocket Cube
Pocket Cubes
Poconos
PodAds
Podalyria
Podargidae
Podargus
Podaxaceae
Podgorica
Podiceps cristatus
Podiceps grisegena
Podiceps nigricollis
Podiceps ruficollis
Podicipedidae
Podicipediformes
Podicipitiformes
Podilymbus
Podilymbus podiceps
Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus
Podocarpus amara
Podocarpus coriaceus
Podocarpus dacrydioides
Podocarpus elatus

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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