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Webster 1913 Edition

Recurviroster

Re-curˊvi-ros′ter

(r?-k?rˊv?-r?s′t?r)

,

Noun.

[L.

recurvus

bent back +

rostrum

beack; cf. F.

récurvirostre

.]

(Zool.)

A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.

Webster 1828 Edition

Recurviroster

RECURV'IROSTER

,

Noun.

[L. recurvus, bent back, and rostrum, a beak.]

A fowl whose beak or bill bends upwards, as the avoset.