'Phalarope' definitions:
Definition of 'phalarope'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics
Definition of 'Phalarope'
From: GCIDE
- 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]