Alaotra grebe

English

Noun

Alaotra grebe (plural Alaotra grebes)

1. An extinct species of grebe, Tachybaptus rufolavatus, endemic to the area around Lake Alaotra in Madagascar.
   • 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 54:

     In addition to several other problems, Alaotra grebes are in the process of being bred out of existence, a process that may, in fact, already be complete.