Shearbill

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  • n. A seabird, the black skimmer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The black skimmer. See skimmer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The scissorbill, cutwater, or black skimmer; the bird Rhynchops nigra: so called from the bill, which resembles a pair of shears. See cut under Rhynchops.
  • Word Usage
    "His cheeks thus pulled into shadow while the light flickered across nose and brow, he looked disquietingly like a shearbill about to stoop on prey."
    Variant
    skimmer