phalarope : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: phalarope	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for phalarope
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phalarope n small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phalarope \Phal"a*rope\, n. [Gr. [?] having a patch of white + [?], [?], a foot: cf. F. phalarope.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Phalaropus} and allied genera of small wading birds ({Grall[91]}), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also {sea goose}.