phalarope

/ˌfæləˈroʊp/

Other forms: phalaropes

Definitions of phalarope

1. noun

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

   Phalaropus fulicarius, red phalarope

   phalarope of northern oceans and lakes

   Lobipes lobatus, northern phalarope

   breeds in Arctic regions of Old and New Worlds; large flocks often seen far out at sea

   Steganopus tricolor, Wilson's phalarope

   breeds on the northern great plains of Canada

   type of:

   limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird

   any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries