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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECURVIROSTER

n.[L. recurvus, bent back, and rostrum, a beak. ] A fowl whose beak or bill bends upwards, as the avoset.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECURVIROSTER

Re *cur `vi *ros "ter (r *kr `v *rs "tr ), n. Etym: [L. recurvus bent back +rostrum beack; cf. F. récurvirostre.] (Zool.)

 

Defn: A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.