PIED-BILLED GREBE

Meaning of PIED-BILLED GREBE in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun

Etymology: pied (I)

: a medium-sized No. American grebe ( Podilymbus podiceps ) that is largely dark grayish brown above and whitish below and has a whitish bill encircled by a black band — called also dabchick, hell-diver

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PIED-BILLED GREBE — /puyd"bild'/ an American grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, having a whitish bill with a black band around it. [ 1830-40, Amer. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIED-BILLED GREBE — Пестроклювые поганки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PIED — diverscolori, maculat
English interlingue dictionary
PIED — I. adjective Date: 14th century of two or more colors in blotches, see: pi see: pie
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GREBE — noun Etymology: French grèbe Date: 1766 any of a family (Podicipedidae) of swimming and diving birds closely related to the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BILLED — adjective having a bill especially of a specified kind
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GREBE — Any of about 18 species of diving birds (family Podicipedidae) found in most tropical and temperate areas and often in …
Английский словарь Британика
PIED — I. ˈpīd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from pie (I) + -ed : of two or more colors in blotches (as …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GREBE — ˈgrēb noun ( plural grebe or grebes ) Etymology: French grèbe 1. : any of various aquatic birds that constitute …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BILLED — ˈbild adjective Etymology: Middle English biled, from bile + -ed : having a bill a thick- billed bird a long- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIED — (a.) Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald.
Английский словарь Webster
PIED — () imp. & p. p. of Pi, or Pie, v.
Английский словарь Webster
PIED — (imp. & p. p.) of Pi
Английский словарь Webster
GREBE — (n.) One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found in the …
Английский словарь Webster
BILLED — (a.) Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; -- used in composition; as, broad-billed.
Английский словарь Webster
BILLED — (imp. & p. p.) of Bill
Английский словарь Webster
PIED — imp. & p. p. of Pi, or Pie, v.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Pi
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIED — ( a. ) Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GREBE — ( n. ) One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Bill
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLED — ( a. ) Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; -- used in composition; as, broad-billed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIED — /puyd/ , adj. 1. having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals: a pied horse. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREBE — /greeb/ , n. any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLED — /bild/ , adj. having a bill or beak, esp. one of a specified kind, shape, color, etc. (usually used in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIED — adj. spotted, speckled
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GREBE — n. type of water bird
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BILLED — adj. charged
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PIED — I. ˈpīd adjective Date: 14th century : of two or more colors in blotches ; also : wearing or having …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GREBE — noun Etymology: French grèbe Date: 1766 : any of a family (Podicipedidae) of swimming and diving birds closely related to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BILLED — adjective : having a bill especially of a specified kind — usually used in combination spoon- billed
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIED — imp. & ·p.p. of pi, or pie, v. 2. pied ·impf & ·p.p. of pi. 3. pied ·adj variegated with …
Webster English vocab
GREBE — noun one of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus colymbus (formerly podiceps), and allied genera, found in the …
Webster English vocab
BILLED — impf & ·p.p. of bill. 2. billed ·adj furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; used in …
Webster English vocab
PIED — [ pʌɪd ] ■ adjective having two or more different colours. Origin ME (orig. in the sense 'black and white …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GREBE — [ gri:b ] ■ noun a diving waterbird with a long neck, lobed toes, and a very short tail. [Family …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PIED — [pied] adj (14c): of two or more colors in blotches; also: wearing or having a parti-colored coat "a ~ horse" …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GREBE — [grebe] n [F grebe] (1766): any of a family (Podicipedidae) of swimming and diving birds closely related to the loons …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BILLED — [billed] adj: having a bill of a specified kind--used in combination "spoon-billed"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GREBE — Slavonian, or horned, grebe (Podiceps auritus) order name Podicipediformes, member of an order of diving birds containing a single family, …
Britannica English vocabulary
PIED — pied BrE AmE paɪd ▶ ˌ Pied ˈ Piper BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GREBE — grebe BrE AmE ɡriːb ▷ grebes ɡriːbz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PIED — / paɪd; NAmE / adjective ( especially of birds ) of two or more different colours, especially black and white …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREBE — / griːb; NAmE / noun a bird like a duck , that can also swim underwater : a great crested …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIED — pied /paɪd/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: pie 'magpie' ( ⇨ ↑ magpie ) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GREBE — grebe /ɡriːb/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French ; Origin: grèbe ] a water bird similar …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIED — adj. particoloured. øPied Piper a person enticing followers esp. to their doom. [ME f. PIE(2), orig. of friars]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GREBE — n. any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, with a long neck, lobed toes, and almost no tail. ølittle grebe …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIED — adj. particoloured. Pied Piper a person enticing followers esp. to their doom. [ ME f. PIE(2), orig. of friars ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GREBE — n. any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, with a long neck, lobed toes, and almost no tail. little grebe …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIED — adj. particoloured. Phrases and idioms: Pied Piper a person enticing followers esp. to their doom. Etymology: ME f. PIE(2), orig. …
Oxford English vocab
GREBE — n. any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, with a long neck, lobed toes, and almost no tail. Phrases and …
Oxford English vocab
GREBE — ( grebes) A grebe is a type of water bird. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-BILLED — -billed combines with adjectives to indicate that a bird has a beak of a particular kind or appearance. ...yellow-billed ducks. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREBE — (~s) A ~ is a type of water bird. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
-BILLED — ~ combines with adjectives to indicate that a bird has a beak of a particular kind or appearance. ...yellow~ ducks. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PIED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN flycatcher ▪ The distinctive black and white summer plumage of the male pied flycatcher …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GREBE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A little grebe paddled with surprising speed through the water. ▪ Among those first to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIED — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable] [specialized] - (used esp. in the names of birds) having markings of two or more …
Cambridge English vocab
GREBE — [noun] [C] - any of a family of grey or brown water birds which swims on or under the water
Cambridge English vocab
GREBE — n. Any of about 18 species of diving birds (family Podicipedidae) found in most tropical and temperate areas and often …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BILLED — Synonyms and related words : Roman-nosed, aquiline, aquiline-nosed, beak-nosed, beak-shaped, beaked, bill-like, bill-shaped, booked, clawlike, crookbilled, crooked, crooknosed, down-curving, hamate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PIED — a. Variegated, spotted, party-colored, piebald.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
PIED — прил. пестрый; разноцветный; носящий пеструю одежду pied piper ≈ Крысолов (герой немецкого фольклора, спас город от нашествия крыс, заманив их …
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