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Webster 1913 Edition

Avoset

{

Av′o-cet

,

Av′o-set

}

(ăv′ō̍-sĕt)

,

Noun.

[F.

avocette

: cf. It.

avosetta

, Sp.

avoceta

.]

(Zool.)

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

.]

Av′o-set

,

Noun.

Same as

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Avoset

AV'OSET

,