The Collaborative International Dictionary
Avoset
Avoset \Av"o*set\, n. Same as Avocet.
Avoset
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 Recurvirostra Americana. [Written also avocette.]
Wiktionary
avoset
n. A grallatorial bird, of the genus ''Recurvirostra''; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip.
Usage examples of "avoset".
In this marsh, too, the children sometimes saw that singular bird, the Avoset, with its curious curved bill, its noisy clamor, and its long legs, bending and tottering under him, as he ran about the marsh or waded into its pools.