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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECURV'IROSTER, 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?*k?r`v?*r?s"t?r), n. [L. recurvus bent back + rostrum beack; cf. F. r['e]curvirostre.] (Zool.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.





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