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Found 2 hits - Term: oystercatcher, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
oystercatcher \oystercatcher\, oyster catcher \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.
        1913 webster
see also:
haematopus haematopus ostralegus haematopus palliatus haematopus bachmani 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
oystercatcher
     n : black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on
         oysters etc. syn: oyster catcher
see also:
oyster catcher 

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