wilson's phalarope

1. 1.

   breeds on the northern great plains of Canada

   SynonymsSteganopus tricolor

   Broaderphalarope

   Part ofSteganopus

Questions about wilson's phalarope

What does wilson's phalarope mean?

wilson's phalarope means "breeds on the northern great plains of Canada".

What is another word for wilson's phalarope?

Close synonyms include Steganopus tricolor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wilson's phalarope a common word?

wilson's phalarope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.