podiceps ruficollis

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   small European grebe

   Synonymsdabchicklittle grebe

   Broadergrebe

Questions about podiceps ruficollis

What does podiceps ruficollis mean?

podiceps ruficollis means "small European grebe".

What is another word for podiceps ruficollis?

Close synonyms include dabchick, little 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 ruficollis a common word?

podiceps ruficollis 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.