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Definitions for: Avocet [n] long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
Webster (1913) Definition: 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 R. Americana. [Written also
avocette.]
See Also: genus Recurvirostra, limicoline bird, Recurvirostra, shore bird, shorebird
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