avocet

/ˈævəˌsɛt/
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Other forms: avocets

Definitions of avocet
  1. noun
    long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
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    type of:
    limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird
    any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
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