skimmer
noun
Meaning
- 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.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of the dragonflies in the genus Libellulidae.
- To shimmer.
- To move quickly, to flutter.
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