PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phalaropus fulicarius mean? 

• PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS (noun)
  The noun PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS has 1 sense:

1. phalarope of northern oceans and lakes

  Familiarity information: PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Phalarope of northern oceans and lakes

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Phalaropus fulicarius; red phalarope

Hypernyms ("Phalaropus fulicarius" is a kind of...):

phalarope (small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics)

Holonyms ("Phalaropus fulicarius" is a member of...):

genus Phalaropus; Phalaropus (type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes)