ALL meanings of oystercatcher
oys·ter·catch·er
O o - noun oystercatcher any of several long-billed wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have chiefly black-and-white plumage and that feed on oysters, clams, mussels, etc. 1
- countable noun oystercatcher An oystercatcher is a black and white bird with a long red beak. It lives near the sea and eats small shellfish. 0
- noun oystercatcher any shore bird of the genus Haematopus and family Haematopodidae, having a black or black-and-white plumage and a long stout laterally compressed red bill 0
- noun oystercatcher any of a family (Haematopodidae) of large, black-and-white shorebirds with a strong, reddish, wedge-shaped beak and stout legs, feeding chiefly on bivalve mollusks; esp., an American species (Haematopus palliatus) 0