HyperDic: oystercatcher

English > 1 sense of the word oystercatcher:
NOUNanimaloystercatcher, oyster catcherblack-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill
English > oystercatcher: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningBlack-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc..
Synonymoyster catcher
Member ofHaematopus, genus Haematopusoystercatchers
Broadershorebird, shore bird, limicoline birdAny of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
Spanishostrero
Catalanhematopòdid

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