avocet
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
avocet /ˈavəsɛt/
▶noun a long-legged wading bird, largely black and white, with a slender upturned bill. [Genus Recurvirostra: four species.]
– origin C17: from Fr. avocette, from Ital. avosetta.
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