avocet /ˈævəˌsɛt/

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  N 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 反嘴鹊; 一种涉禽，羽毛呈黑白色，嘴向上弯曲