avocet

av·o·cet

 (ăv′ə-sĕt′)

n.

Any of several long-legged shorebirds of the genus Recurvirostra, characterized by a long, slender, upturned beak.

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[French avocette, from New Latin avocetta, misspelling of avosetta, from Italian, from Venetian, probably from Vulgar Latin *avis sitta : Latin avis, bird; see awi- in Indo-European roots + Greek sittē, a kind of woodpecker or nuthatch (probably of onomatopoeic origin and imitative of the bird's sound).]

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avocet

(ˈævəˌsɛt)

n

(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

[C18: from French avocette, from Italian avocetta, of uncertain origin]

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av•o•cet

(ˈæv əˌsɛt)

n.

any of several long-legged shorebirds of the genus Recurvirostra, of both the Old and New Worlds, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill.

[1760–70; < French avocette, probably erroneous sp. for New Latin avosetta < Italian < Venetian]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

avocet - long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill limicoline 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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Translations

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