little grebe

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   small European grebe

   SynonymsdabchickPodiceps ruficollis

   Broadergrebe

Questions about little grebe

What does little grebe mean?

little grebe means "small European grebe".

What is another word for little grebe?

Close synonyms include dabchick, Podiceps ruficollis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is little grebe a common word?

little grebe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.