podiceps grisegena

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   large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck

   Synonymsred-necked grebe

   Broadergrebe

Questions about podiceps grisegena

What does podiceps grisegena mean?

podiceps grisegena means "large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck".

What is another word for podiceps grisegena?

Close synonyms include red-necked grebe. 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 podiceps grisegena a common word?

podiceps grisegena 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.