phalarope

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phalarope - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phalarope \Phal"a*rope\, n. [Gr. falaro`s having a patch of
     white + poy`s, podo`s, a foot: cf. F. phalarope.] (Zool.)
     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
     .
     [1913 Webster]

phalarope - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  phalarope
      n 1: small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being
           good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the
           tropics