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Definition of grebe noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grebe

noun
 
/ɡriːb/
 
/ɡriːb/
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  1. a bird like a duck, that can also swim underwater
    • a great crested grebe
    Topics Birdsc2
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French grèbe (term used in the Savoie region), of unknown origin.
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