avocet
/ˈævəʊset/noun
1- a long-legged wading bird with a slender upturned bill and strikingly patterned plumage反嘴鹬。
1.1
- Genus Recurvirostra, family Recurvirostridae: four species, in particular the widespread pied avocet (R. avosetta), which has black-and-white plumage.反嘴鹬属, 反嘴鹬科：4种, 尤指分布广泛、羽毛黑白相间的花斑反嘴鹬（拉丁名R. avosetta）。
词源
late 17th cent.: from French avocette, from Italian avosetta.