phalarope

English

Etymology

From New Latin Phalaropus, formed irregularly from Ancient Greek φαλαρίς (phalarís, “coot”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæləɹəʊp/

Noun

phalarope (plural phalaropes)

1. Any of three small wading birds in the genus Phalaropus, of the family Scolopacidae, that have lobed toes.

   Synonyms: little swimmer, sea goose

Derived terms

• grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
• red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
• red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
• Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

Translations

wading bird in the family Scolopacidae

Breton: teleg m Bulgarian: листокрак m (listokrak) Catalan: escuraflascons m Czech: lyskonoh Dutch: franjepoot (nl) m Esperanto: falaropo (eo) Finnish: vesipääsky (fi) French: phalarope (fr) m German: Wassertreter m Ido: falaropo (io) Indonesian: kaki-rumbai Italian: falaropo m Navajo: tóidoozohiikeeʼí Polish: płatkonóg m Romanian: notătiță (ro) f Russian: плаву́нчик (ru) m (plavúnčik) Spanish: falaropo m Ukrainian: плавунець m (plavunecʹ) Welsh: llydandroed m

Further reading

• phalarope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phalaropus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Phalaropus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

phalarope m (plural phalaropes)

1. phalarope

Further reading

• “phalarope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.