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		Definition of phalarope in English: phalaropenoun ˈfalərəʊpˈfæləˌroʊp A small wading or swimming bird with a straight bill and lobed feet, unusual in that the female is more brightly coloured than the male. 瓣蹼鹬 Genus Phalaropus, family Scolopacidae (subfamily Phalaropodinae): three species Example sentencesExamples -  An estimated 1.5 million eared grebes, 50,000 Wilson's phalaropes, 50,000 California gulls, and 200 snowy plovers visit Mono Lake each spring and summer.
 -  The best known of sex-role-reversed shorebirds are the spotted sandpiper, phalaropes (genus Phalaropus), and jacanas (family Jacanidae).
 -  In the mud flats of the Bay of Fundy, you'll see large roosts of shorebirds - plovers, yellowlegs, godwits, curlews, and phalaropes - at high tide.
 -  The Red-necked Phalarope (formerly the Northern Phalarope) is the smallest of the three phalaropes and has the shortest bill.
 -  Red Phalaropes are the least common of the two ocean-going phalaropes, seen about half as often on boat trips as Red-necked Phalaropes.
 
 
 OriginLate 18th century: from French, from modern Latin Phalaropus, formed irregularly from Greek phalaris 'coot' + pous, pod- 'foot'.    Definition of phalarope in US English: phalaropenounˈfaləˌrōpˈfæləˌroʊp A small wading or swimming bird with a straight bill and lobed feet, unusual in that the female is more brightly colored than the male. 瓣蹼鹬 Family Scolopacidae (subfamily Phalaropodinae): three species, red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius), Wilson's phalarope (Steganopus tricolor), and northern phalarope (Lobipes lobatus) Example sentencesExamples -  Red Phalaropes are the least common of the two ocean-going phalaropes, seen about half as often on boat trips as Red-necked Phalaropes.
 -  An estimated 1.5 million eared grebes, 50,000 Wilson's phalaropes, 50,000 California gulls, and 200 snowy plovers visit Mono Lake each spring and summer.
 -  The best known of sex-role-reversed shorebirds are the spotted sandpiper, phalaropes (genus Phalaropus), and jacanas (family Jacanidae).
 -  The Red-necked Phalarope (formerly the Northern Phalarope) is the smallest of the three phalaropes and has the shortest bill.
 -  In the mud flats of the Bay of Fundy, you'll see large roosts of shorebirds - plovers, yellowlegs, godwits, curlews, and phalaropes - at high tide.
 
 
 OriginLate 18th century: from French, from modern Latin Phalaropus, formed irregularly from Greek phalaris ‘coot’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’.     |