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)

red-necked phalarope

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

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

Translations

wading bird in the family Scolopacidae

• 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)
• Italian: falaropo m
• Navajo: tóidoozohiikeeʼí
• Romanian: notătiță (ro) f
• Russian: плаву́нчик (ru) m (plavúnčik)
• Spanish: falaropo m
• Welsh: llydandroed m

Further reading

• phalarope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phalaropus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• 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.