Noun: avocet 'a-vu,set
- Long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
"The American avocet sweeps its curved bill from side to side when feeding in shallow water"
Derived forms: avocets
Type of: limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird
Part of: genus Recurvirostra, Recurvirostra
Encyclopedia: Avocet