phalaropidae
Noun
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Phalaropes (synset 102039932)
is a type of: bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsmember holonym:
- phalarope - small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics
- genus phalaropus, phalaropus - type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes
- genus lobipes, lobipes - a genus of Phalaropidae
- genus steganopus, steganopus - a genus of Phalaropidae
belongs to: charadrii, suborder charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlewssame as: family phalaropidae
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