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.’