Found 2 items, similar to avocet.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: avocet avocet n : long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
English → English (gcide) Definition: Avocet Avocet \Av"o*cet\, Avoset \Av"o*set\ ([a^]v"[-o]*s[e^]t), n. [F. avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.] [1913 Webster]