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RED PHALAROPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red phalarope mean?
• RED PHALAROPE (noun)
The noun RED PHALAROPE has 1 sense:
1. phalarope of northern oceans and lakes
Familiarity information: RED PHALAROPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Phalarope of northern oceans and lakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Phalaropus fulicarius; red phalarope
Hypernyms ("red 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 ("red phalarope" is a member of...):
genus Phalaropus; Phalaropus (type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes)
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