grey phalarope

noun

noun

The phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius, having grey plumage during the winter. Compare red phalarope.

‘Where's your field-glass, quick! Damned if that's not a grey phalarope.’1935, Olaf Stapledon, Odd John, Gollancz, published 2012, page 119:

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