English
Two pied oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris ).
Etymology
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oyster + catcher
Pronunciation
Noun
oystercatcher (plural oystercatchers )
Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish .
Derived terms
African oystercatcher , Haematopus moquini American oystercatcher , Haematopus palliatus blackish oystercatcher , Haematopus ater black oystercatcher , Haematopus bachmani Eurasian oystercatcher , Haematopus ostralegus Magellanic oystercatcher , Haematopus leucopodus pied oystercatcher , Haematopus longirostris sooty oystercatcher , Haematopus fuliginosus South Island oystercatcher , Haematopus finschi variable oystercatcher , Haematopus unicolor
Translations
bird
Afrikaans: tobies
Arabic: صائد المحار
Azerbaijani: alacüllüt
Belarusian: кулікі-сарокі ( kuliki-saróki ) , крыўковыя ( kryŭkóvyja )
Breton: morbig
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蠣鷸科 / 蛎鹬科
Czech: ústřičník m
Danish: strandskade (da) c , tjald c
Dutch: scholekster (nl) m or f
Faroese: tjaldur (fo) n
Finnish: meriharakka (fi)
French: huîtrier (fr) m
German: Austernfischer (de) n
Icelandic: tjaldur (is) m
Irish: roilleach
Italian: ostrichiere m
Japanese: 都鳥 (ja) ( みやこどり , miyakodori) , ミヤコドリ (ja) ( miyakodori )
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Latvian: jūras žagatas
Lithuanian: jūrinės šarkos
Low German:
German Low German: Strandhecksters , Liewen
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Lule Sami: tsagán
Macedonian: власте́лица-о́стригар f ( vlastélica-óstrigar )
Malayalam: കക്കകൊത്തി ( kakkakotti )
Norman: mathanne f ( Jersey ) , pie mathante f ( Jersey )
North Frisian: liiwen
Northern Sami: cagan
Norwegian: tjeld m
Old Norse: tjaldr m
Polish: ostrygojad (pl) m
Portuguese: ostraceiro (pt) m
Romanian: scoicar m , ostrigar m
Russian: кули́к-соро́ка m ( kulík-soróka )
Scots: chalder ( Orcadian, archaic )
Scottish Gaelic: brìd-eun m , gille-brìghde m , trìlleachan m
Skolt Sami: cââǥǥan
Slovak: lastúrničiar m
Spanish: ostrero m
Swahili: kizamiachaza
Swedish: strandskata (sv) c
Turkish: poyraz kuşu (tr)
Ukrainian: кулик-сорока ( kulyk-soroka )