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Definition of Red phalarope
1. Noun. Phalarope of northern oceans and lakes.
Generic synonyms: Phalarope
Group relationships: Genus Phalaropus, Phalaropus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Phalarope
Literary usage of Red phalarope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"OF THE PHALAROPE. BILL straight and slender; nostrils minute ; body and legs like
the Sandpiper; toes furnished with scalloped membranes. THE red phalarope. ..."
2. Memorial Edition of Thomas Bewick's Works by Thomas Bewick, Austin Dobson (1885)
"It differs in its plumage from the red phalarope; its head, and a narrow stripe
on the front, another on the hinder part of the neck, which last spreads ..."
3. The Birds about Us by Charles Conrad Abbott (1894)
"I have twice seen examples of two of the species on the counter of a game dealer
in Philadelphia, and I have seen the red phalarope several times on the ..."
4. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine (1832)
"red phalarope, Penn. Brit. Zool. No. 219 Brown Phalarope, Arct. ZooL No. 414.
... 274, 4 red phalarope, Montagu, Orn. Diet. Id. Supp. and Appendix. ..."
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