grey phalarope

noun

The phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius, having grey plumage during the winter. Compare red phalarope.

First used 18th c.
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noungrey phalarope (plural grey phalaropes)

plural grey phalaropes

  1. The phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius, having grey plumage during the winter. Compare red phalarope.First known use 18th c.

    ‘Where's your field-glass, quick! Damned if that's not a grey phalarope.’

    1935, Olaf Stapledon, Odd John, Gollancz, published 2012, page 119
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