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avocet

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Noun

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av=o=cet

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun avocet has 1 sense

avocet(n = noun.animal) Array - long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill; Array

limicoline bird

is a member of genus recurvirostra, recurvirostra

CIDE DICTIONARY

avocet, n. [F. avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.].

A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is Recurvirostra Americana. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

avocet, n. any wading bird of the genus Recurvirostra with long legs and a long slender upward-curved bill and usu. black and white plumage.

Etymology

F avocette f. It. avosetta

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