phalaropen.

Brit.

/ˈfalərəʊp/, U.S.

/ˈfæləˌroʊp/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French phalarope.

Etymology: < French phalarope (1760 in Brisson: see below), irregularly < scientific Latin Phalaropus (M. J. Brisson Ornithologia (1760) VI. 12) < ancient Greek ϕαλᾱρίς (Attic-Ionic ϕαληρίς ) coot ( < Byzantine Greek (Doric) ϕαλᾱρός having a patch of white: see phalaris n.) + ποδ- , πούς foot (see -pod comb. form), probably after coot-footed tringa at coot n.¹ Compounds.

Any one of three small, migratory, northern shorebirds constituting the genus Phalaropus and the subfamily Phalaropodinae (family Scolopacidae), which have lobed feet (enabling habitual swimming) and are noted for their reversal of usual sexual roles, the males being less colourful than the females and taking care of the eggs and young.grey, northern, red, red-necked, Wilson's phalarope: see the first element.

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phalarope1771

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 390 The Grey Scollop Toed Sandpiper..Le Phalarope... This is about the size of the common Purre, weighing one ounce.]

1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Animals N. Amer. 15 (table) Phalarope..Grey..Red..Brown.

1792 New Syst. Nat. Hist. II. ix. 470 We may regard the phalaropes, the coots, the grebes, as an intermediate class, destined to fill up the space, between the waders, and the water-fowl properly so called.

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1849) 246 The Phalaropes which it [sc. the lobefoot] resembles in the lobation of its toes.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 712 In the Phalaropes, as in the Dotterel and the Godwits, that sex [sc. the male] undertakes the duty of incubation.

1959 F. Bodsworth Strange One (1960) ii. ix. 67 I saw phalaropes this spring at sea,..but they were still in winter plumage and I couldn't tell whether they were red or northern.

1994 D. Healy Goat's Song (1995) 155 He was searching..for a sight of the phalarope, a tiny rare red-necked wader on its way from the Arctic to Africa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phalarope
释义	phalaropen. Brit. /ˈfalərəʊp/, U.S. /ˈfæləˌroʊp/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French phalarope. Etymology: < French phalarope (1760 in Brisson: see below), irregularly < scientific Latin Phalaropus (M. J. Brisson Ornithologia (1760) VI. 12) < ancient Greek ϕαλᾱρίς (Attic-Ionic ϕαληρίς ) coot ( < Byzantine Greek (Doric) ϕαλᾱρός having a patch of white: see phalaris n.) + ποδ- , πούς foot (see -pod comb. form), probably after coot-footed tringa at coot n.¹ Compounds. Any one of three small, migratory, northern shorebirds constituting the genus Phalaropus and the subfamily Phalaropodinae (family Scolopacidae), which have lobed feet (enabling habitual swimming) and are noted for their reversal of usual sexual roles, the males being less colourful than the females and taking care of the eggs and young.grey, northern, red, red-necked, Wilson's phalarope: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Phalaropodidae > member of (phalarope) phalarope1771 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 390 The Grey Scollop Toed Sandpiper..Le Phalarope... This is about the size of the common Purre, weighing one ounce.] 1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Animals N. Amer. 15 (table) Phalarope..Grey..Red..Brown. 1792 New Syst. Nat. Hist. II. ix. 470 We may regard the phalaropes, the coots, the grebes, as an intermediate class, destined to fill up the space, between the waders, and the water-fowl properly so called. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1849) 246 The Phalaropes which it [sc. the lobefoot] resembles in the lobation of its toes. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 712 In the Phalaropes, as in the Dotterel and the Godwits, that sex [sc. the male] undertakes the duty of incubation. 1959 F. Bodsworth Strange One (1960) ii. ix. 67 I saw phalaropes this spring at sea,..but they were still in winter plumage and I couldn't tell whether they were red or northern. 1994 D. Healy Goat's Song (1995) 155 He was searching..for a sight of the phalarope, a tiny rare red-necked wader on its way from the Arctic to Africa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1771
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