[ noun ] long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill <noun.animal>
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 {Recurvirostra Americana}. [Written also {avocette}.]