Meaning Of The Word Oystercatcher

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What's The Definition Of Oystercatcher?

oystercatcher
countable noun: An oystercatcher is a black and white bird with a long red beak. It lives near the sea and eats small shellfish.

oystercatcher in American English
any of a family (Haematopodidae) of large, black-and-white shorebirds with a strong, reddish, wedge-shaped beak and stout legs, feeding chiefly on bivalve mollusks; esp., an American species (Haematopus palliatus)
noun: any of several long-billed wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have chiefly black-and-white plumage and that feed on oysters, clams, mussels, etc

oystercatcher in British English
noun: any shore bird of the genus Haematopus and family Haematopodidae, having a black or black-and-white plumage and a long stout laterally compressed red bill

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