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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wilson has 11 senses
- wilson(n = noun.person) harriet wilson - author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870); is a kind of author, writer
- wilson(n = noun.person) angus frank johnstone wilson, sir angus wilson - English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991); is a kind of author, writer
- wilson(n = noun.person) alexander wilson - Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813); is a kind of bird watcher, ornithologist
- wilson(n = noun.person) robert woodrow wilson - United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918); is a kind of physicist
- wilson(n = noun.person) john tuzo wilson - Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993); is a kind of geophysicist
- wilson(n = noun.person) james wilson - American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798); is a kind of american revolutionary leader
- wilson(n = noun.person) e. o. wilson, edward osborne wilson - United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929); is a kind of bug-hunter, bugologist, entomologist
- wilson(n = noun.person) charles thomson rees wilson - Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959); is a kind of nuclear physicist
- wilson(n = noun.person) edmund wilson - United States literary critic (1895-1972); is a kind of literary critic
- wilson(n = noun.person) president wilson, thomas woodrow wilson, woodrow wilson - 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924); is a kind of chief executive, president, president of the united states, united states president
- wilson(n = noun.object) mount wilson - a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high); is a kind of mountain peak
Derived form adjective wilsonian1
is a part of san juan mountains
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun phalarope has 1 sense
- phalarope(n = noun.animal) - small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics; is a kind of limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird
is a member of family phalaropidae, phalaropidae
has particulars: phalaropus fulicarius, red phalarope, lobipes lobatus, northern phalarope, steganopus tricolor, wilson's phalarope
CIDE DICTIONARY
phalarope, n. [Gr. having a patch of white + , , a foot: cf. F. phalarope.].
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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
phalarope, n. any small wading or swimming bird of the subfamily Phalaropodidae, with a straight bill and lobed feet.
Etymology
F f. mod.L Phalaropus, irreg. f. Gk phalaris coot + pous podos foot