About The Word Avocet
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Avocet
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What's The Definition Of Avocet?
[n] long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
Synonyms | Synonyms for Avocet: Related Terms | Find terms related to Avocet: See Also | genus Recurvirostra | limicoline bird | Recurvirostra | shore bird | shorebird Avocet In Webster's Dictionary \Av"o*cet\, Avoset \Av"o*set\ ([a^]v"[-o]*s[e^]t), n. [F.
avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.] (Zo["o]l.)
A grallatorial bird, of the genus {Recurvirostra}; the
scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The
American species is {R. Americana}. [Written also
{avocette}.]
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