Hypertext Webster Gateway: "avocet"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
avocet
n : long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with
slender upward-curving bill
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