skimmer

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

Special Features:

This bird flies close to the surface of the water with its beak skimming the water for fish, and when the fish touch the beak, in a flick of a moment, it closes the beak shut, like a vice!

['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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