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oystercatcher

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

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  • /ˈɔɪstəˌkæt͡ʃə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sea-pie, sea-magpie

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oyster catcher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird

History

Etymology

From oyster + catcher.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tobies — bird
  • Arabic: صائد المحار — bird
  • Asturian: llampariegu — bird
  • Asturian: llevantallámpares — bird
  • Azerbaijani: alacüllüt — bird
  • Belarusian: кулікі-сарокі (kuliki-saróki) — bird
  • Belarusian: крыўковыя (krywkóvyja) — bird
  • Breton: morbig — bird
  • Bulgarian: стридояд (stridojad) — bird
  • Catalan: garsa de mar — bird
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蠣鷸科 /蛎鹬科 — bird
  • Czech: ústřičník — bird
  • Danish: strandskade — bird
  • Danish: tjald — bird
  • Dutch: scholekster — bird
  • Esperanto: marpigo — bird
  • Estonian: merisk — bird
  • Faroese: tjaldur — bird
  • Finnish: meriharakka — bird
  • French: huîtrier — bird
  • North Frisian: liiwen — bird
  • German: Austernfischer — bird
  • Hungarian: csigaforgató — bird
  • Icelandic: tjaldur — bird
  • Ingrian: meriharakka — bird
  • Irish: roilleach — bird
  • Italian: ostrichiere — bird
  • Japanese: 都鳥 (miyakodori) — bird
  • Japanese: ミヤコドリ (miyakodori) — bird
  • Northern Kurdish: lepkexur — bird
  • Latvian: jūras žagatas — bird
  • Lithuanian: jūrinės šarkos — bird
  • Low German: Strandhecksters — bird
  • Low German: Liewen — bird
  • Macedonian: власте́лица-о́стригар (vlastélica-óstrigar) — bird
  • Malayalam: കക്കകൊത്തി (kakkakotti) — bird
  • Norman: mathanne — bird
  • Norman: pie mathante — bird
  • Norn: chaldro — bird
  • Norwegian: tjeld — bird
  • Old Norse: tjaldr — bird
  • Polish: ostrygojad — bird
  • Portuguese: ostraceiro — bird
  • Romanian: scoicar — bird
  • Romanian: ostrigar — bird
  • Russian: кули́к-соро́ка (kulík-soróka) — bird
  • Lule-Sami: tsagán — bird
  • Northern Sami: cagan — bird
  • Skolt-Sami: cââǥǥan — bird
  • Scots: chalder — bird
  • Scots: knocket — bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: gille-Brìghde — bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: brìd-eun — bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: trìlleachan — bird
  • Slovak: lastúrničiar — bird
  • Spanish: ostrero — bird
  • Swahili: kizamiachaza — bird
  • Swedish: strandskata — bird
  • Turkish: poyraz kuşu — bird
  • Ukrainian: кулик-сорока (kulyk-soroka) — bird
  • Vietnamese: chim mò sò — bird
  • Welsh: pioden môr — bird