Definitions for grebes

grebes grebe

Spelling: [greeb]
IPA: /grib/

Grebes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in grebes (beegrs).

Definitions for grebes

noun

  1. any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes.

Origin of grebes

First recorded in 1760-70, grebe is from the French word grèbe

Examples for grebes

Then Mrs. grebe takes her place on it, and proceeds to lay and hatch her eggs.

This grebe is a late breeder, the eggs not being laid before June.

In its nesting economy the Little grebe closely resembles its congeners.

The parent will sometimes dive with its offspring, just as the Little grebe will do.

The Least grebe is by far the smallest of the grebes in this country, being but 10 in.

Specimens of this grebe were obtained near Cordova by White in 1882.

A summary word or two, first, respecting the grebe family, will be useful.

In regard to size this grebe comes next to the Western, being 19 in.

The nest of the grebe is usually placed in a tuft of rushes, on the edge of the water.

The nests of the Little grebe may be found floating in every rushy pool.

Word Value for grebes
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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