oystercatcher

English

Two pied oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris).

Etymology

From oyster +‎ catcher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɪstəˌkæt͡ʃə/

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Noun

oystercatcher (plural oystercatchers)

1. 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.

   Synonym: sea-pie

   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 181:

     [T]he sea-swallows uttered their ringing "Tree, tree," and the oyster-catchers their mocking "Click, click!" which has caused so many an unsuccessful sportsman to smile.

Derived terms

• African oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
• American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
• blackish oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
• black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
• 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)

 

Translations

bird

• Afrikaans: tobies
• Arabic: صائد المحار
• Asturian: llampariegu (ast), llevantallámpares (ast)
• Azerbaijani: alacüllüt
• Belarusian: кулікі-сарокі (kuliki-saróki), крыўковыя (kryŭkóvyja)
• Breton: morbig
• Bulgarian: стридояд m (stridojad)
• Catalan: garsa de mar f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蠣鷸科 / 蛎鹬科

• Czech: ústřičník m
• Danish: strandskade (da) c, tjald c
• Dutch: scholekster (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: marpigo
• Faroese: tjaldur (fo) n
• Finnish: meriharakka (fi)
• French: huîtrier (fr) m
• German: Austernfischer (de) n
• Hungarian: csigaforgató
• Icelandic: tjaldur (is) m
• Ingrian: meriharakka
• Irish: roilleach
• Italian: ostrichiere m
• Japanese: 都鳥 (ja) (みやこどり, miyakodori), ミヤコドリ (ja) (miyakodori)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: lepkexur (ku)

• Latvian: jūras žagatas
• Lithuanian: jūrinės šarkos
• Low German:

  German Low German: Strandhecksters, Liewen

• Lule Sami: tsagán
• Macedonian: власте́лица-о́стригар f (vlastélica-óstrigar)
• Malayalam: കക്കകൊത്തി (kakkakotti)
• Norman: mathanne f (Jersey), pie mathante f (Jersey)
• Norn: chaldro
• North Frisian: liiwen
• Northern Sami: cagan
• Norwegian: tjeld m
• Old Norse: tjaldr m
• Polish: ostrygojad (pl) m
• Portuguese: ostraceiro (pt) m
• Romanian: scoicar m, ostrigar m
• Russian: кули́к-соро́ка m (kulík-soróka)
• Scots: chalder (Orcadian, archaic), knocket
• Scottish Gaelic: gille-Brìghde m, brìd-eun m, trìlleachan m
• Skolt Sami: cââǥǥan
• Slovak: lastúrničiar m
• Spanish: ostrero m
• Swahili: kizamiachaza
• Swedish: strandskata (sv) c
• Turkish: poyraz kuşu (tr)
• Ukrainian: кулик-сорока (kulyk-soroka)
• Vietnamese: chim mò sò
• Welsh: pioden môr f

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