Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEA-PIE, or SEA-PYE
SEA-PIE, or SEA-PYE, n. [sea and pie, pica.]
A fowl of the genus Hæmatopus, and grallic order; called also the oyster-catcher, from its thrusting its beak into oysters when open, and taking out the animal.
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