Avocet

  • 11Avocet Line — Infobox generic color = #efefef name = Avocet Line| img1 = Extonbldgs.jpg cap1 = Exton railway station alongside the River Exe| lbl1 = Location row1 = Devon, England lbl2 = From row2 = Exeter St Davids lbl3 = To row3 = Exmouth lbl4 = Distance… …

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  • 12avocet — noun Etymology: French & Italian; French avocette, from Italian avocetta Date: 1766 any of a genus (Recurvirostra) of rather large long legged shorebirds with webbed feet and slender upward curving bill …

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  • 13avocet — noun /ˈævəʊsɛt/lang=en 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 …

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  • 14avocet — long legged wading bird with upward curving bill Unusual Animals …

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  • 15avocet — n. type of wading bird that has long legs with webbed feet and a thin upward curving beak …

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  • 16avocet — 1) vocate 2) octave …

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  • 17avocet — [ avəsɛt] 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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  • 18avocet — av·o·cet …

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  • 19avocet — av•o•cet [[t]ˈæv əˌsɛt[/t]] n. orn any of several long legged shorebirds of the genus Recurvirostra, of both the Old and New Worlds, having a long, slender, upward curving bill • Etymology: 1760–70; < F avocette, prob. erroneous sp. for NL… …

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  • 20avocet —   n. long legged wading bird with upturned beak …

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