Phalarope

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several small wading birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobed toes that enable them to swim.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of three small wading birds in the genus Phalaropus, of the family Scolopacidae, that have lobed toes.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small wading bird of the family Phalaropodidæ, having lobate toes.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    limicoline bird    shore bird    shorebird   
    Variant
    sea goose   
     
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