[fal-uh-rohp] 
| any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes. |
| phal·a·rope (fāl'ə-rōp') n. Any of several small wading birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobed toes that enable them to swim. [French, from New Latin phalaropūs : Greek phalaris, coot (from phalaros, having a white spot; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots) + Greek pous, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.] |
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