1) Limicoline bird 2) Part of a Paton title 3) Shore bird 4) Shorebird
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1) Sea snipe
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A phalarope or wadepiper is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae. They are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids. They are especially notable for two things: their unusual nesting behavior, an...
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migratory shorebird with lobed feet
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• (n.) Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grallae), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose.
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(Greek: `coot-foot`), any of three species of shorebirds that are part of the family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes). They are lightly built, ... [2 related articles]
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Phal'a·rope noun [ Greek ... having a patch of white + ..., ..., a foot: confer French
phalarope .]
(Zoology) 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...
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Phalarope is any of a genus Phalaropus of small, elegant shore-birds in the sandpiper family (Scolopacidae). They have the habit of spinning in the water to stir up insect larvae. They are native to North America, Britain, and the polar regions of Europe. The male phalarope is courted by the female and hatches the eggs. The female is always larger ...
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n] - small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers
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noun small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the arctic and winter in the tropics
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Any of a genus
Phalaropus of small, elegant shorebirds in the sandpiper family (Scolopacidae). They have the habit of spinning in the water to stir up insect larvae. They are native to North America, the UK, and the polar regions of Europe. The male phalarope is courted by the female and hatches the eggs. The female is always lar...
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