Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a pied bill: as, the pied-billed dabchick, Podilymbus podiceps.
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Examples
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Common loons and pied-billed grebes forage in the Bay during migration.
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Hampshire 2008
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Other birds of interest include pied-billed grebe, sharp-shinned hawk, northern sawhet owl, yellow-bellied sapsucker, Swainson's thrush, loggerhead shrike, marsh wren, golden crowned kinglet, red-breasted nuthatch, mourning warbler and dark-eyed junco.
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maryland 2007
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At 0.4 mile take short side path to lake viewing platform for nesting pied-billed grebes plus soras, marsh wrens, cedar waxwings.
The Seattle Times 2012
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So does the pied-billed grebe, which I've shot only twice in the park - once in the Lagoon, and once in the harbour near the Rowing Club.
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"It provides habitat for pied-billed grebes, eastern meadowlark and scissor-tailed flycatchers.
The Facts: News 2008
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"It provides habitat for pied-billed grebes, eastern meadowlark and scissor-tailed flycatchers.
The Facts: News 2008
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"It provides habitat for pied-billed grebes, eastern meadowlark and scissor-tailed flycatchers.
The Facts: News 2008
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"It provides habitat for pied-billed grebes, eastern meadowlark and scissor-tailed flycatchers.
The Facts: News 2008
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