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Phalarope
WordNet
noun
(1) Small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the arctic and winter in the tropics
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Any of three small wading birds in the genus Phalaropus, of the family Scolopacidae, that have lobed toes.