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Phalarope definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHAL'AROPE, n. The name of several species of water fowls inhabiting the northern latitudes of Europe and America.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ropes; also -rope) Etymology: French, from New Latin phalaropod-, phalaropus, from Greek phalaris coot + pod-, pous foot; akin to Greek phalios having a white spot — more at bald, foot Date: circa 1776 any of a genus (Phalaropus) of small shorebirds related to sandpipers but distinguished by their lobed toes and preference for swimming

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.