avocet

Meaning

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

Synonyms

pied avocet

glass snake

bird

🐦

brittle watersnake

polygon-spotted snipe eel

threadeel

Atlantic snipe eel

Translations

avocette

avoceta

kluut

Recurvirostra avosetta

avocetta

Säbelschnäbler

αβοκέτα

alfaiate

avoset

أبو فَحْت، النكَّات

bec d’alena

avocette élégante

Nemichthys scolopaceus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈævəsɛt/

Etymology

From French avocette, from Italian avocetta.