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avocet

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈævəsɛt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 V AH0 S EH2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird

History

Etymology

From French avocette, from Italian avocetta.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: саблеклюн (sablekljun) — bird
  • Catalan: bec d'alena — bird
  • Czech: tenkozobec — bird
  • Dutch: kluut — bird
  • Finnish: avosetti — bird
  • French: avocette — bird
  • German: Säbelschnäbler — bird
  • Greek: αβοκέτα (avokéta) — bird
  • Irish: abhóiséad — bird
  • Italian: recurvirostra — bird
  • Navajo: jáádtsʼósí — bird
  • Persian: نوکخنجری — bird
  • Polish: szablodziób — bird
  • Romanian: cioc-întors — bird
  • Russian: шилоклю́вка (šilokljúvka) — bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: gob-cearr — bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: sabljarka — bird
  • Spanish: avoceta — bird
  • Welsh: pig mynawyd — bird
  • Welsh: cambig — bird
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