What is a division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back called?
pygopodes — A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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