phalarope
Meaning of phalarope
noun
a small wading or swimming bird with a straight bill and lobed feet, unusual in that the female is more brightly coloured than the male.
late 18th century: from French, from modern Latin Phalaropus, formed irregularly from Greek phalaris ‘coot’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’.
Information about phalarope
- It is a name.
- The plural form of phalarope is: phalaropes.
- Languages in which phalarope is used:
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Hyphenation of phalarope
phalarope
- It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
- phalarope is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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