Found 2 items, similar to oyster catcher.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: oyster catcher oyster catcher n : black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc. [syn: oystercatcher]
English → English (gcide) Definition: oyster catcher oystercatcher \oystercatcher\, oyster catcher \oyster catcher\n. (Zo["o]l.), Any one of several species of wading birds of the genus H[ae]matopus having stout legs and bill and mostly black-and-white plumage, which frequent seashores and feed upon oysters and other shellfish. The European species (H[ae]matopus ostralegus), the common American species (H[ae]matopus palliatus), and the California, or black, oyster catcher (H[ae]matopus Bachmani) are the best known. Syn: oyster plover. [1913 Webster]