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单词 avocet
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
av•o•cet  (avə set′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsany of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill.
  • Venetian)
  • Upper Italian (
  • Italian
  • French avocette, probably erroneous spelling, spelled for Neo-Latin avosetta
  • 1760–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
avocet /ˈævəˌsɛt/ n
  1. any of several long-legged shore birds of the genus Recurvirostra, such as the European R. avosetta, having black-and-white plumage and a long upward-curving bill: family Recurvirostridae, order Charadriiformes
Etymology: 18th Century: from French avocette, from Italian avocetta, of uncertain origin
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