Crossword-Solution: PHALAROPE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Phalarope | n. | Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grallae), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose. |
We have 16 clues for the answer “PHALAROPE”
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| Bird in Alan Paton title. | 1 answer |
| HEBRIDES bird | 1 answer |
| ORKNEY Islands bird | 1 answer |
| Part of a Paton title. | 1 answer |
| SANDPIPER-like bird | 1 answer |
| SHETLAND bird | 1 answer |
| aquatic shore bird of northern oceans and lakes | 1 answer |
| grey phalarope | 2 answers |
| Small shore bird. | 3 answers |
| POLAR bird | 3 answers |
| IRISH bird | 8 answers |
| CANADIAN bird | 11 answers |
| Shore bird | 35 answers |
| small bird | 51 answers |
| Aquatic bird | 54 answers |
| Animal ___. | 82 answers |
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Sentences with PHALAROPE (5)
Newton, A., on the throat-pouch of the male bustard; on the differences between the females of two species of Oxynotus; on the habits of the Phalarope, dotterel, and godwit.
Phalarope has no intention of being shut in with her eggs for a month while her mate goes roaming at large about the country, nor has she any idea of playing the part of the Georgia Mockingbird and bringing five-sixths of the food which the young require.
Frequently he would be asked for starfish and it would be necessary to go to a well-known shoal at some little distance, perhaps in the _Phalarope_ or other of the government boats.
There's a living in it, but that's about all." Finding that the captain of the _Phalarope_ knew the lobster business well, as do most men who are natives of the region, Colin kept him busy answering questions until they ran into New Bedford.
Gould, in English, 'red-necked phalarope.' Few people are likely to know what 'Phalarope' means,[24] and I believe nobody knows what 'Tringa' means; and as, also, nobody ever sees it, the little bird being obliged to live in Orkney, Greenland, Norway, and Lapland, out of human creatures' way, I shall myself call it the Arctic Fairy.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1943–1969).