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avoset |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 {R. Americana}. [Written also {avocette}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Avoset \Av"o*set\, n. Same as {Avocet}.
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