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av⋅o⋅cet

  [av-uh-set]
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–noun
any of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill.
Origin:
1760–70; < F avocette, prob. erroneous sp. for NL avosetta < It < Upper It (< Venetian)
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av·o·cet   (āv'ə-sět')   
n.  Any of several long-legged shore birds of the genus Recurvirostra, characterized by a long, slender, upturned beak.

[French avocette, from Italian avocetta.]
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