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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)..
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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)..
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Use colymbid where its definition matches the intended context.
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