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Word entry · 6 letters

avocet

Best crossword clue

"Long-legged shorebird"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈævəsɛt/Part of speech nounSorted aceotvStarts with AEnds with T1 clues
1A2V3O4C5E6T

Definitions

  1. long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

Word origin

From French avocette, from Italian avocetta.

Used in a sentence

  • The only diversions I recall were a pair of Avocets flying over, and a young lady who regularly each afternoon furtively crept into the dunes [...] and crouched down for a clandestine wee!

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