We found 2 definitions of phalaropidae from 2 different sources.
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phalaropidae - phalaropes | ||
family Phalaropidae | ||
bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
charadrii, suborder charadrii shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews | ||
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 |