Meanings
plural oystercatchers
- 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.
[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.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 181Synonyms: sea-pie, sea-magpie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.
More synonyms by meaning
nounblack-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans tobies
- tobiesbird
Arabic صائد المحار
- صائد المحارbird
Bulgarian стридояд
- стридояд (stridojad)bird
Catalan garsa de mar
- garsa de marbird
Chinese Mandarin 蠣鷸科 /蛎鹬科
- 蠣鷸科 /蛎鹬科bird
Czech ústřičník
- ústřičníkbird
Danish strandskade, tjald
- strandskadebird
- tjaldbird
Dutch scholekster
- scholeksterbird
Esperanto marpigo
- marpigobird
Estonian merisk
- meriskbird
Finnish meriharakka
- meriharakkabird
French huîtrier
- huîtrierbird
German Austernfischer
- Austernfischerbird
Hungarian csigaforgató
- csigaforgatóbird
Icelandic tjaldur
- tjaldurbird
Irish roilleach
- roilleachbird
Italian ostrichiere
- ostrichierebird
Japanese 都鳥, ミヤコドリ
- 都鳥 (miyakodori)bird
- ミヤコドリ (miyakodori)bird
Latvian jūras žagatas
- jūras žagatasbird
Lithuanian jūrinės šarkos
- jūrinės šarkosbird
Norwegian tjeld
- tjeldbird
Polish ostrygojad
- ostrygojadbird
Portuguese ostraceiro
- ostraceirobird
Romanian scoicar, ostrigar
- scoicarbird
- ostrigarbird
Russian кули́к-соро́ка
- кули́к-соро́ка (kulík-soróka)bird
Scottish Gaelic gille-Brìghde, brìd-eun
- gille-Brìghdebird
- brìd-eunbird
- trìlleachanbird
Slovak lastúrničiar
- lastúrničiarbird
Spanish ostrero
- ostrerobird
Swahili kizamiachaza
- kizamiachazabird
Swedish strandskata
- strandskatabird
Turkish poyraz kuşu
- poyraz kuşubird
Ukrainian кулик-сорока
- кулик-сорока (kulyk-soroka)bird
Vietnamese chim mò sò
- chim mò sòbird
Welsh pioden môr
- pioden môrbird
Cite this entry
oystercatcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oystercatcher
“oystercatcher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oystercatcher. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oystercatcher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oystercatcher.
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