SKIMMER
Skimmer
The Skimmers, Rynchopidae, are a small family of tern-like birds in the order Charadriiformes, which also includes the waders, gulls and auks. The family comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Skimmer
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
skimmer
Noun
- A device that skims.
- A person who skims.
- Any of three species of bird in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clams and large scallops.
The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: skimmer
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.