AVOCET


Meaning of AVOCET in English

/av"euh set'/ , n.

any of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill.

[ 1760-70; avocette, prob. erroneous sp. for NL avosetta ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .