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noun - small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers
Any of several small wading birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobed toes that enable them to swim.
PHALAROPE - A phalarope is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae. The English and genu...
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| Any of several small wading birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobed toes that enable them to swim. |
| a small wading or swimming bird with a straight bill and lobed feet, unusual in that the female is more brightly coloured than the male. |
| small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers breed in the arctic and winter in the tropics |
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A phalarope is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae. The English and genus names come through French phalarope and scientific Latin Phalaropus from Ancient Greek phalaris, "coot", and pous, "foot". Coots and phalaropes both have lobed toes.Phalaropes are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids. They are especially notable for two things: their unusual nesting behavior, and their unique feeding technique. * Two species, the red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius, called grey phalarope in Europe) and red-necked phalarope (P. lobatus) breed around the Arctic Circle and winter on tropical oceans. Wilson's phalarope (P. tricolor) breeds in western North America and migrates to South America. All are 610 in (1525 cm) in length, with lobed toes and a straight, slender bill. Predominantly grey and white in winter, their plumage develops reddish |