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Definition :

Any one of several species of wading birds of the genus Haeligmatopus having stout legs and bill and mostly black and white plumage which frequent seashores and feed upon oysters and other shellfish The European species Haeligmatopus ostralegus the common American species Haeligmatopus palliatus and the California or black oyster catcher Haeligmatopus Bachmani are the best known