podilymbus podiceps

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Podilymbus podiceps
    n 1: American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill [syn:
         {pied-billed grebe}, {Podilymbus podiceps}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dabchick \Dab"chick`\ (d[a^]b"ch[i^]k`), n. [For dabchick. See
   {Dap}, {Dip}, cf. {Dipchick}.] (Zool.)
   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}.
   [1913 Webster]