Avocet

  • 1Avocet — Av o*cet, Avoset Av o*set ([a^]v [ o]*s[e^]t), n. [F. avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.] (Zo[ o]l.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus {Recurvirostra}; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is… …

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  • 2avocet — ► NOUN ▪ a long legged wading bird with an upturned bill. ORIGIN French …

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  • 3avocet — [av′ə set΄] n. [Fr avocette < It avocetta] any of a genus (Recurvirostra, family Recurvirostridae) of long legged shorebirds with webbed feet and a slender bill that curves upward …

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  • 4Avocet — Taxobox name = Avocets image width = 250px image caption = Pied Avocet ( Recurvirostra avosetta ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Recurvirostridae genus = Recurvirostra genus authority =… …

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  • 5avocet — /av euh set /, n. any of several long legged, web footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward curving bill. [1760 70; < F avocette, prob. erroneous sp. for NL avosetta < It < Upper It ( < Venetian)] * *&#8230; …

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  • 6avocet — /ˈævəsɛt/ (say avuhset) noun any of several long legged, web footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender beak curving upwards towards the end, as the red necked avocet. Also, avoset. {French avocette, from&#8230; …

  • 7Avocet — avocetė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Recurvirostra avosetta angl. Avocet vok. Säbelschnäbler …

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  • 8avocet — tikrosios avocetės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Recurvirostra angl. avocet vok. Säbelschnäbler, m rus. шилоклювка, f pranc. avocette, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – avocetiniai siauresnis terminas – amerikinė avocetė&#8230; …

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  • 9Avocet ProJet — The Avocet ProJet was a Very Light Jet (VLJ) introduced by Avocet Aircraft, a Westport, CT., based company founded by former investment bankers Carey Robinson Wolchok and Andrew Chao and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), the largest industrial&#8230; …

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  • 10Avocet snipe-eel — Taxobox name = Avocet snipe eel image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Anguilliformes familia = Nemichthyidae genus = Avocettina species = A. infans range range map caption= binomial = Avocettina&#8230; …

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