GREBE


Meaning of GREBE in English

/ griːb; NAmE / noun

a bird like a duck , that can also swim underwater :

a great crested grebe

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 18th cent.: from French grèbe (term used in the Savoie region), of unknown origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.