Usually means: Small wading bird, swims well.
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  1. phalarope: Merriam-Webster
  2. phalarope: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. phalarope: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. phalarope: Collins English Dictionary
  5. phalarope: Vocabulary.com
  6. Phalarope, phalarope: Wordnik
  7. phalarope: Wiktionary
  8. phalarope: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. phalarope: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. phalarope: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Phalarope, phalarope: Dictionary.com
  12. Phalarope: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Phalarope: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. phalarope: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. phalarope: Rhymezone
  16. Phalarope: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. phalarope: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. phalarope: FreeDictionary.org
  19. phalarope: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. phalarope: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (phalarope)

▸ noun:  Any of three small wading birds in the genus Phalaropus, of the family Scolopacidae, that have lobed toes.

Similar:
phalaropodid, lobefoot, red phalarope, cootfoot, little swimmer, sandpiper, red-necked phalarope, plover, sea goose, gallopheasant, more...

Types:
northern, red-necked, red, grey-backed, brown-backed, more...

Phrases:
red phalarope, northern phalarope, wilsons phalarope, Wilson's phalarope, red-necked phalarope, more...

Adjectives:
necked, northern, red, grey, gray, female, male, rednecked, late, ashy, foot

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Similar:
phalaropodid, lobefoot, red phalarope, cootfoot, little swimmer, sandpiper, red-necked phalarope, plover, sea goose, gallopheasant, more...

Types:
northern, red-necked, red, grey-backed, brown-backed, more...

Phrases:
red phalarope, northern phalarope, wilsons phalarope, Wilson's phalarope, red-necked phalarope, red necked phalarope, Too Late the Phalarope, more...

Adjectives:
necked, northern, red, grey, gray, female, male, rednecked, late, ashy, foot



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