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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
Avocet
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Avoset

AV'OSET

,

Definition 2024


avoset

avoset

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Noun

avoset (plural avosets)

  1. A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip.

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