skimmer
a black skimmer (lower part of the beak is longer)
a kind of bird – water bird – related to terns – medium-sized with black and white feather and red beak (bill) and legs; long beak with the lower part longer than the upper part, found in Americas, Africa, and in India
a skimmer skimming
Special Features:
This bird flies close to the surface of the water with its beak skimming the water for fish, and when a fish touches its beak, in a flick of a moment, it closes the beak shut, like a vice!
(an oil skimmer, a device)
‘Oil skimmer’ is a device used for cleaning the water; and a ‘protein skimmer’ is a device used in salt water to remove compounds that break down and form into nitrogen waste. — used for domestic and industrial purposes.
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