| Pronunciation: | | 'avu`set
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[n] long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill |
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AVOCET is a 6 letter word that starts with A. |
| | See Also: | | genus Recurvirostra, limicoline bird, Recurvirostra, shore bird, shorebird |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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