NORTHERN PHALAROPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northern phalarope mean? 

• NORTHERN PHALAROPE (noun)
  The noun NORTHERN PHALAROPE has 1 sense:

1. breeds in Arctic regions of Old and New Worlds; large flocks often seen far out at sea

  Familiarity information: NORTHERN PHALAROPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHERN PHALAROPE (noun)

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Meaning:

Breeds in Arctic regions of Old and New Worlds; large flocks often seen far out at sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lobipes lobatus; northern phalarope

Hypernyms ("northern phalarope" is a kind of...):

phalarope (small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics)

Holonyms ("northern phalarope" is a member of...):

genus Lobipes; Lobipes (a genus of Phalaropidae)