Shore bird

• Black and white wading bird
• Feed on oysters etc.
• Black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill
• Black-and-white wader
• Hissing cobra initially to struggle with secretary bird

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc. [syn: oyster catcher ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The oystercatchers are a group of waders forming the family Haematopodidae , which has a single genus , Haematopus . They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia. The exception to ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus ''Haematopus'' that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
oystercatcher \oystercatcher\, oyster catcher \oyster catcher\n. (Zo["o]l.), Any one of several species of wading birds of the genus H[ae]matopus having stout legs and bill and mostly black-and-white plumage, which frequent seashores and feed upon oysters ...