av·o·cet ( v  -s t )n. Any of several long-legged shore birds of the genus Recurvirostra, characterized by a long, slender, upturned beak. [French avocette, from Italian avocetta.] |
avocet [ˈævəˌsɛt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several long-legged shore birds of the genus Recurvirostra, such as the European R. avosetta, having black-and-white plumage and a long upward-curving bill: family Recurvirostridae, order Charadriiformes
[from French avocette, from Italian avocetta, of uncertain origin]
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| Noun | 1. |  avocet - long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving billlimicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries genus Recurvirostra, Recurvirostra - type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets |
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