Avocet

n.

1.

(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.

Noun

1.

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

genus Recurvirostra, limicoline bird, Recurvirostra, shore bird, shorebird