Oystercatcher

2 definitions found

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

  oystercatcher \oystercatcher\, oyster catcher \oyster catcher\n.
     (Zool.),
     Any one of several species of wading birds of the genus
     {Haematopus} having stout legs and bill and mostly
     black-and-white plumage, which frequent seashores and feed
     upon oysters and other shellfish. The European species


     ({Haematopus ostralegus}), the common American species
     ({Haematopus palliatus}), and the California, or black,
     oyster catcher ({Haematopus Bachmani}) are the best known.
  
     Syn: oyster plover.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oystercatcher
       n : black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on
           oysters etc. [syn: {oyster catcher}]