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WILSON'S PHALAROPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Wilson's phalarope mean?
• WILSON'S PHALAROPE (noun)
The noun WILSON'S PHALAROPE has 1 sense:
1. breeds on the northern great plains of Canada
Familiarity information: WILSON'S PHALAROPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Breeds on the northern great plains of Canada
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Steganopus tricolor; Wilson's phalarope
Hypernyms ("Wilson's phalarope" 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 ("Wilson's phalarope" is a member of...):
genus Steganopus; Steganopus (a genus of Phalaropidae)
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