Množina: avocets

ETYM French avocette: cf. Italian avosetta, Spanish avoceta.
Long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill.
Long-legged wading bird with upturned beak.<br /> Wading bird, genus Recurvirostra, family Recurvirostridae, with a characteristic long, narrow, upturned bill used in sifting water as it feeds in the shallows. It is about 45 cm/18 in long, and has long legs, partly webbed feet, and black and white plumage. There are four species. Stilts belong to the same family.