n. [ Gr. falaro`s having a patch of white + poy`s, podo`s, a foot: cf. F. phalarope. ] (Zool.) Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grallæ), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose. [ 1913 Webster ]
[しぎ;シギ, shigi ; shigi] (n) (uk) sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, inc. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)