| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| phalarope |
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| SYLLABICATION: | phal·a·rope |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f l  -r p |
| NOUN: | Any of several small wading birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobed toes that enable them to swim. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from New Latin phalarop s : Greek phalaris, coot (from phalaros, having a white spot; see bhel-1 in Appendix I) + Greek pous, foot; see ped- in Appendix I.
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