Hypertext Webster Gateway: "phalarope"
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["o]l.)
Any species of {Phalaropus} and allied genera of small wading
birds ({Grall[ae]}), having lobate toes. They are often seen
far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also {sea
goose}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
phalarope
n : small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being
good swimmers; breed in the arctic and winter in the
tropics
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