avocet

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av·o·cet / ˈavəˌset/ • n. a long-legged wading bird (genus Recurvirostra, family Recurvirostridae) with a slender upturned bill and strikingly patterned plumage.

avocet

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avocet See RECURVIROSTRIDAE.

avocet

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avocet XVIII. — F. avocette — It. avosetta, of unkn. orig.