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(skim′ər) noun
1. A flat ladle or other utensil for skimming.
2. One who or that which skims.
3. A ternlike bird (genus Rhynchops) having the lower mandible compressed, that skims up the small fishes from near the surface of the water. R. nigra is the black skimmer.
(Length 16 to 20 inches; wingspread 42 to 50 inches)
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