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Avocet
CIDE DICTIONARY
Avocet, n. [F. avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.].
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 . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Avocet, n. any wading bird of the genus Recurvirostra with long legs and a long slender upward-curved bill and usu. black and white plumage.
Etymology
F avocette f. It. avosetta
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