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

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

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

Audio (file)

Noun

phalarope m (plural phalaropes)

phalarope

Further reading

“phalarope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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