noun
Meaning 1
Phalaropus tricolor, a small wading bird.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Wilson's phalarope
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noun
Meaning 2
breeds on the northern great plains of Canada
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Steganopus tricolor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: phalarope
History
Etymology
Named after Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: grote franjepoot — Phalaropus tricolor
- German: Wilsonwassertreter — Phalaropus tricolor
- Polish: płatkonóg trójbarwny — Phalaropus tricolor
- Romanian: notatiță americană — Phalaropus tricolor
- Russian: трёхцветный плаву́нчик (trjóxcvetnyj plavúnčik) — Phalaropus tricolor
- Russian: большо́й плаву́нчик (bolʹšój plavúnčik) — Phalaropus tricolor
- Swedish: wilsonsimsnäppa — Phalaropus tricolor