Found 2 items, similar to oystercatcher.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: oystercatcher
oystercatcher
n : black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on
oysters etc. [syn:
oyster catcher]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: oystercatcher
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.
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