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colymbid

colymbid noun: any member of the Colymbidae, an obsolete family made up of two groups of birds that are now known to be not closely related: the grebes (modern Podicipedidae) and the loons/divers (modern Gaviidae).

Noun

colymbid (plural colymbids)

  1. Any member of the Colymbidae, an obsolete family made up of two groups of birds that are now known to be not closely related: the grebes (modern Podicipedidae) and the loons/divers (modern Gaviidae).

Forms of colymbid

pluralcolymbids

Questions about colymbid

What does colymbid mean?
Colymbid means any member of the Colymbidae, an obsolete family made up of two groups of birds that are now known to be not closely related: the grebes (modern Podicipedidae) and the loons/divers (modern Gaviidae).
What part of speech is colymbid?
Colymbid is a noun.
What is the plural of colymbid?
The plural of colymbid is colymbids.

Words near colymbid in the dictionary

  1. colydiid
  2. colydiids
  3. Colyer
  4. Colyers
  5. Colyford
  6. colymbid
  7. colymbids
  8. colymbosaurine
  9. colymbosaurines
  10. Colyton
  11. colyum

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