ALL meanings of avocet
av·o·cet
A a - noun avocet any of several long-legged shore birds of the genus Recurvirostra, such as the European R. avosetta, having black-and-white plumage and a long upward-curving bill: family Recurvirostridae, order Charadriiformes 3
- noun avocet any of a genus (Recurvirostra, family Recurvirostridae) of long-legged shorebirds with webbed feet and a slender bill that curves upward 3
- noun avocet A long- legged wading bird with a slender upturned bill and strikingly patterned plumage. 1
- noun avocet any of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill. 1
- noun avocet Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet. 0