Found 2 items, similar to Phalarope.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: phalarope phalarope n : small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the arctic and winter in the tropics
English → English (gcide) Definition: Phalarope Phalarope \Phal"a*rope\, n. [Gr. ? having a patch of white + ?, ?, a foot: cf. F. phalarope.] (Zo["o]l.) 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]