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单词 avocet
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avocetn.

/ˈavəʊˌsɛt/
Forms: Also 1600s–1700s avosetta, 1700s–1800s avocetta, 1800s avocetta.
Etymology: < French avocette, < Italian avosetta.
One of the Wading birds (Grallatores), allied to the Snipes and Stilts, specially distinguished by its flexible upturned beak.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Recurvirostridae > member of genus Recurvirostra (avocet)
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1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 94 Avosetta Italorum: Recurvirostra.]
1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 10 Numbers of Avosettas, called there Yelpers, from their cry.
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 504 An Avoset that we shot weighed thirteen ounces.
1863 Sat. Rev. 284 Drainage has banished the avoset..and the godwit from our eastern marshes.
1881 M. Watkins in Academy 27 Aug. 163/2 1840 was the last year in which the avocet is known to have bred in England.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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