grey phalarope

English

Noun

grey phalarope (plural grey phalaropes)

  1. The phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius, having grey plumage during the winter. Compare red phalarope. [from 18th c.]
    • 1935, Olaf Stapledon, Odd John, Gollancz, published 2012, page 119:
      ‘Where's your field-glass, quick! Damned if that's not a grey phalarope.’
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