| Noun | 1. | Phalaropidae - phalaropes bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Charadrii, suborder Charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews phalarope - small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics genus Phalaropus, Phalaropus - type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes genus Lobipes, Lobipes - a genus of Phalaropidae genus Steganopus, Steganopus - a genus of Phalaropidae |