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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
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Avoset
AV'OSET
,Definition 2024
avoset
avoset
English
Alternative forms
Noun
avoset (plural avosets)
- A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip.
Coordinate terms
- (bird): Recurvirostra americana