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Avocet

Definition:

(n.) Alt. of Avoset

Example Sentences:

(1) It was a successful breeding season for avocets - black and white wading birds - at Orford Ness in Suffolk, despite a lack of mud for feeding.
(2) (Acoleidae) is described from the small intestine of all 37 avocets.
(3) The composition of helminth communities in these hosts was similar to that reported in earlier surveys of avocet helminths.
(4) (Hymenolepididae) is described from specimens recovered from the small intestine of 5 avocets.
(5) Those in avocets from permanent bodies of water are saturated and are more interactive in nature.
(6) (Hymenolepididae) is described from the small intestine of 7 avocets.
(7) (Hymenolepididae) is described from the small intestine of 4 avocets.
(8) Mean selenium levels in black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) from the South Grasslands (35.6 ppm) were similar (P greater than 0.05) to levels in stilts from Kesterson (46.4 ppm), but means for American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) from the South Grasslands (67.3 ppm) were higher (P less than 0.05) than those from Kesterson (28.4 ppm).
(9) Records are presented of 11 species of parasitic helminths recovered from 37 American avocets.
(10) Avocets collected from ephemeral bodies of water in Alberta and Manitoba had communities composed largely of species that are avocet specialists plus some that are host generalists.
(11) Phil Burston, water policy officer at the RSPB, said: "Wading birds like lapwings, redshanks and avocets rely on shallow pools and boggy marshes.
(12) These lesser scaup specialists exhibit interactive patterns amongst themselves and, to some extent, with avocet specialists.
(13) This aspect of the police investigation was called Operation Avocet.
(14) Helminth communities in avocets from ephemeral bodies of water have vacant niches and are largely isolationist in nature.
(15) These helminths were superimposed on the normal community, fitting into linear gaps along the intestine but also overlapping the distributions of avocet specialists.
(16) This paper reports patterns of similarity and overlap in species presence and patterns of linear distribution of intestinal helminths in 22 avocets from 4 populations.
(17) In contrast, avocets collected from permanent bodies of water in Alberta had communities composed largely of species that are specialists in various duck species, particularly lesser scaup.