podicipitiform seabird

Definitions of podicipitiform seabird

1. noun

   aquatic birds related to the loons
   types:

   grebe

   small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet

   Podiceps cristatus, great crested grebe

   large Old World grebe with black ear tufts

   Podiceps grisegena, red-necked grebe

   large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck

   Podiceps nigricollis, black-necked grebe, eared grebe

   small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck; found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States

   Podiceps ruficollis, dabchick, little grebe

   small European grebe

   Podilymbus podiceps, pied-billed grebe

   American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill

   type of:

   sea bird, seabird, seafowl

   a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.