oystercatcher

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

oystercatcher
    n 1: black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on
         oysters etc. [syn: {oystercatcher}, {oyster catcher}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

oystercatcher \oystercatcher\, oyster catcher \oyster catcher\n.
   (Zool.),
   Any one of several species of wading birds of the genus
   {Haematopus} having stout legs and bill and mostly
   black-and-white plumage, which frequent seashores and feed
   upon oysters and other shellfish. The European species
   ({Haematopus ostralegus}), the common American species
   ({Haematopus palliatus}), and the California, or black,
   oyster catcher ({Haematopus Bachmani}) are the best known.

   Syn: oyster plover.
        [1913 Webster]