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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gray or gray and brown shorebird (Phalaropus tricolor) of North and South America, having white underparts and a black needlelike bill.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Steganopus (with cut).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun breeds on the northern great plains of Canada
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Alexander Wilson, (1766–1813), Scottish-born American ornithologist.]
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