avocet

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

avocet
    n 1: long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with
         slender upward-curving bill

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Avocet \Av"o*cet\, Avoset \Av"o*set\ ([a^]v"[-o]*s[e^]t), n. [F.
   avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.] (Zool.)
   A grallatorial bird, of the genus {Recurvirostra}; the
   scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The
   American species is {Recurvirostra Americana}. [Written also
   {avocette}.]
   [1913 Webster]