Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The skimmer, a bird. See
Rhynchops .
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Examples
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Though a man of first rating aboard ship, he's a mere child when ashore; and would be no more able to protect himself against the land-sharks of San Francisco, than he was to get out of the way of that sea-skimmer at Guaymas.
The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Mayne Reid 1850
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The Sampson radar is mounted at the destroyer's masthead, allowing it to see as far over the horizon as is feasible from a surface ship - perhaps offering several tens of seconds 'warning of an inbound supersonic sea-skimmer**.
The Register 2010
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The Russians came out with a sea-skimmer we call Sunburn - "
The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000
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