PHALAROPE


Meaning of PHALAROPE in English

/fal"euh rohp'/ , n.

any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.

[ 1770-80; Phalaropus genus name phalar ( ís ) coot + -o- -O- + -pous -footed; see -POD ]

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