Thesaurus: avocet

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1. n. Alt. of Avoset
2. n. long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
3. 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.]
4. n. long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill