phalaropes

Meaning of phalaropes

plural noun

a small wading or swimming bird with a straight bill and lobed feet, unusual in that the female is more brightly coloured than the male.

late 18th century: from French, from modern Latin Phalaropus, formed irregularly from Greek phalaris ‘coot’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’.

Information about phalaropes

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of phalaropes is: phalarope.
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Hyphenation of phalaropes

phalaropes

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 10 chars.
  • phalaropes is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

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