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Noun: phalarope  'fa-lu,rowp
  1. Small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics

Derived forms: phalaropes

Type of: limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird

Part of: family Phalaropidae, Phalaropidae

Encyclopedia: Phalarope

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