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Definition of Phalaropes
1. phalarope [n] - See also: phalarope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phalaropes
Literary usage of Phalaropes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1894)
"nU of Northern phalaropes, twenty miles off the New Hampshire Coast, August 9, 1893.
I was running mv course for Cape ..."
2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"... phalaropes are small Plover-like birds, but with lobate webbed feet, similar
to those of the Grebes and Coots. 222. Red Phalarope. ..."
3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"... phalaropes are small Plover-like birds, but with lobate webbed feet, similar
to those of the Grebes and Coots. 222. Red Phalarope. ..."
4. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"All the phalaropes are good swimmers, and this species, especially, Is often
found in large flocks off the coast, floating on the surface of the water: they ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Musician 30:153 Mr '15 Pfeiffer, Edward Heyman 42:805-6 D 3 '15 phalaropes
Feathered feminist. 11 Lit Digest 50:1145-6 My 15 '15 Phantom armies seen in ..."
6. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"... phalaropes. There are three known members of this family: one is confined to
the interior of North America, the other two may be called Sea Snipe, ..."
7. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"... Plovers, Sandpipers, Curlews, phalaropes, etc. Hind toe, when present, always
elevated above ... phalaropes. Sides of toes, with lobes or narrow webs. ..."
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