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Shorebird with a curved beak
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avocet
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Avocet \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 ...
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n. long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Avocet is the common name of a genus of wading birds, Recurvirostra . Avocet may also refer to: Avocet snipe-eel , a fish Avro Avocet , a 1920s British naval fighter aircraft prototype Avocet Mining , a West African company Avocet (album) , by Bert Jansch ...
Usage examples of avocet.
At the eastern end of the island, the mass of birds, Louisiana herons, pelicans, avocets, sandpipers, egrets, flamingoes and the few roseate spoonbills, went on with building, their nests or fished in the shallow waters of the lake.
Avocet, too, would be wrapped in darkness, though he dared not climb the batture at this point to see.
Phlosine nor Dominique had the slightest interest in the murder of Hesione LeGros and were instead consumed with questions and gossip concerning the baroque details of the Avocet scandal.
The rebel leader Jacinthe strode up the levee, pistol in hand, and grabbed Vivienne Avocet by the arm.
But on the open water birds waded, ancestors of flamingos and avocets, and huge water lilies rested languidly on the surface.