ヒレアシシギ

noun

phalarope

A type of sandpiper (family Phalaropodidae) with lobed toes adapted for swimming. The Japanese name literally means 'fin-footed sandpiper'.

• ヒレアシシギは渡わたりの途と中ちゅうで日本にほんに立たち寄よることがある。

  Phalaropes sometimes stop over in Japan during migration.

• 図ず鑑かんでヒレアシシギの写しゃ真しんを見みた。

  I saw a picture of a phalarope in the field guide.