Definition of Avoset. Meaning of Avoset. Synonyms of Avoset

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Definition of Avoset

Avoset
Avocet Av"o*cet, Avoset Av"o*set ([a^]v"[-o]*s[e^]t), n. [F. avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.] (Zo["o]l.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana. [Written also avocette.]
Avoset
Avoset Av"o*set, n. Same as Avocet.

Meaning of Avoset from wikipedia

- The four species of avocets /ˈævəsɛt/ are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts. The genus name comes from Latin recurvus...
- a failure. In the 1940s, the Avoset process was developed by George Grindrod. Food products processed using the Avoset process were packaged under ultraviolet...
- 58 (the pages are however not numbered in the original) to Yelper ('Vide Avoset'.) on page 687. Since the book does not have a continuous narrative to summarise...
- organized as follows: Of the Oyster Catcher Of the Plover Of the Heron Of the Avoset [one species] Of the Spoonbill [one species] Of the Ibis [one species] Of...