Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Avocet
Av′o·cet, Av′o·set (ăv′ō·sĕt), n. [F. avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.] (Zoöl.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana. [Written also avocette.]