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Podilymbus podiceps
Dabchick Dab"chick`, n. [For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.] (Zo["o]l.) A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.

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- Podilymbus is a genus of birds in the Grebe family, the genus name is derived from Latin Podilymbus, a contraction of podicipes ("feet at the buttocks"...
- extinction of the Atitlán grebe (Podilymbus gigas), the pied-billed grebe has become the sole extant member of the genus Podilymbus. Outside its own genus, the...
- The Atitlán grebe (Podilymbus gigas), also known as giant grebe, giant pied-billed grebe, or poc, is an extinct water bird, a relative of the pied-billed...
- species, an extension of the adaptive diving abilities in Podilymbus. Members of Podilymbus diving downwards with their breast forwards. Storer, R. W...
- Bowman, 1958) Genus Podilymbus Lesson 1831 †Podilymbus majusculus Murray 1967 (Piacenzian stage of Idaho, United States) †Podilymbus wetmorei Storer 1976...
- 31716 respectively). classified in the genus Podilymbus, P. majusculus is the oldest known of the Podilymbus species. P. majusculus is known from the Glenns...
- waterbirds belonging to the family Podicipedidae containing the genus Podilymbus and Tachybaptus. In comparison to Podicipedini, podilymbins are characterized...
- Tricolored grebe Australasian grebe Madagascar grebe Alaotra grebe Least grebe Podilymbus Pied-billed grebe Atitlán grebe Rollandia White-tufted grebe Titicaca...
- phalaropes, American dippers (Cinclus mexic****), pied-billed grebes (Podilymbus podiceps) and chicks of marsh terns (Chlidonias) are also taken. Herons...
- Podiceps taczanowskii Titicaca grebe, Rollandia microptera Atitlán grebe, Podilymbus gigas † (reportedly flightless) Great auk, Pinguinus impennis † Emperor...