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Avocet

Avocet Meaning & Definition
Avocet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Avocet?

[n] long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

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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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