avocet

English

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Alternative forms

• avoset

Etymology

From French avocette, from Italian avosetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈævəʊsɛt/

Noun

avocet (plural avocets)

A Pied Avocet.

1. Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.

Derived terms

• American avocet, Recurvirostra americana
• Andean avocet, Recurvirostra andina
• pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta
• red-necked avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Translations

bird

• Bulgarian: саблеклюн (bg) (sablekljun)
• Dutch: kluut (nl) m
• Finnish: avosetti (fi)
• French: avocette (fr) f
• Navajo: jáádtsʼósí

• Romanian: cioc-întors (ro) n
• Russian: шилоклювка (ru) (šilokljúvka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: gob-cearr (gd) m
• Serbian: sabljarka f
• Spanish: avoceta (es) f

See also

• stilt

Anagrams

• octave

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Latin

Verb

āvocet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of āvocō