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phalarope |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phalarope \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: phalarope 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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