Avocet

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Avocet \Av"o*cet\, Avoset \Av"o*set\ ([a^]v"[-o]*s[e^]t), n. [F.
     avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.] (Zool.)
     A grallatorial bird, of the genus {Recurvirostra}; the
     scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The
     American species is {Recurvirostra Americana}. [Written also
     {avocette}.]


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  avocet
       n : long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with
           slender upward-curving bill