Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Avoset"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 {R. Americana}. [Written also
{avocette}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Avoset \Av"o*set\, n.
Same as {Avocet}.
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