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phalarope

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phal=a=rope

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun phalarope has 1 sense

phalarope(n = noun.animal) Array - small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics; Array

is a member of family phalaropidae, phalaropidae

has particulars: phalaropus fulicarius, red phalarope, lobipes lobatus, northern phalarope, steganopus tricolor, wilson's phalarope

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CIDE DICTIONARY

phalarope, n. [Gr. having a patch of white + , , a foot: cf. F. phalarope.].

Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grallæ), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

phalarope, n. any small wading or swimming bird of the subfamily Phalaropodidae, with a straight bill and lobed feet.

Etymology

F f. mod.L Phalaropus, irreg. f. Gk phalaris coot + pous podos foot

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