phalarope
any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
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How to use phalarope in a sentence
The Grey phalarope, without being one of our rarest birds, is not of irregular occurrence.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. JohnsWe cannot well leave these fresh-water lochs without a passing glance at the Red-necked phalarope.
Among the Birds in Northern Shires | Charles DixonSome partridges (tetrao saliceti), ducks, and a flat-billed phalarope (P. fulicarius) were shot.
The nest of the red phalarope is built either on dry ground or over shallow grass-grown water and is well concealed.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) | Arthur Cleveland BentIf the fly escaped, the phalarope sometimes ran after it, bill out.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) | Arthur Cleveland Bent
British Dictionary definitions for phalarope
/ (ˈfæləˌrəʊp) /
any aquatic shore bird of the family Phalaropidae, such as Phalaropus fulicarius (grey phalarope), of northern oceans and lakes, having a long slender bill and lobed toes: order Charadriiformes
Origin of phalarope
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