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oys·ter·catch·er
/-ˌkæʧɚ/
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
oystercatcher
,
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
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
oystercatcher
n
:
black-and-white
shorebird
with
stout
legs
and
bill
;
feed
on
oysters
etc
. [
syn
:
oyster catcher
]
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