As a noun oystercatcher
is any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.
As a proper noun drome is
one of the , france (insee code 26).
oystercatcher
Noun
(
en noun)
Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.
Derived terms
* African oystercatcher, Haematopus moquini
* American oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus
* black oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani
* blackish oystercatcher, Haematopus ater
* Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
* Magellanic oystercatcher, Haematopus leucopodus
* pied oystercatcher, Haematopus longirostris
* sooty oystercatcher, Haematopus fuliginosus
* South Island oystercatcher, Haematopus finschi
* variable oystercatcher, Haematopus unicolor
drome
English
Noun
(
en noun)
The crab plover (Dromas ardeola ), a North African bird allied to the oystercatcher.
(
Webster 1913)
----