About The Word Phalarope
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Phalarope
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What's The Definition Of Phalarope?
[n] small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the arctic and winter in the tropics
Synonyms | Synonyms for Phalarope: Related Terms | Find terms related to Phalarope: See Also | family Phalaropidae | limicoline bird | Lobipes lobatus | northern phalarope | Phalaropidae | Phalaropus fulicarius | red phalarope | shore bird | shorebird | Steganopus tricolor | Wilson's phalarope Phalarope In Webster's Dictionary \Phal"a*rope\, n. [Gr. ? having a patch of white + ?,
?, a foot: cf. F. phalarope.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of {Phalaropus} and allied genera of small wading
birds ({Grall[ae]}), having lobate toes. They are often seen
far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also {sea
goose}.
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