Meaning of PHALAROPE
| Pronunciation: | | 'falu`rowp
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| | Definition: | | [n] small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the arctic and winter in the tropics |
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| | See Also: | | family Phalaropidae, limicoline bird, Lobipes lobatus, northern phalarope, Phalaropidae, Phalaropus fulicarius, red phalarope, shore bird, shorebird, Steganopus tricolor, Wilson's phalarope | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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