noun
black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.
• Syn: ↑oystercatcher
• Hypernyms: ↑shorebird, ↑shore bird, ↑limicoline bird
• Member Holonyms: ↑Haematopus, ↑genus Haematopus
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noun : any of various wading birds of the widely distributed genus Haematopus that are 16 to 20 inches long, have stout legs and a heavy wedge-shaped bill which are usually pinkish or bright red, and in the common form of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa (H. ostralegus ostralegus) and that of the American Atlantic coast (H. o. palliatus) have plumage which is chiefly or entirely black and white — see black oyster catcher
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oyster catcher,
any one of various wading birds of world-wide distribution that are black and white, have red, wedge-shaped bills for opening shellfish, and grow to about 20 inches long.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.