Hypertext Webster Gateway: "razorbill"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Razorbill \Ra"zor*bill\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A species of auk ({Alca torda}) common in the Arctic
seas. See {Auk}, and Illust. in Appendix.
(b) See {Cutwater}, 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cutwater \Cut"wa`ter\ (k[u^]t"w[add]`t[~e]r), n. (Naut.)
1. The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.
2. A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a
bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order
better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the
sharpened upper end of the pier itself.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A sea bird of the Atlantic ({Rhynchops nigra});
-- called also {black skimmer}, {scissorsbill}, and
{razorbill}. See {Skimmer}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
razorbill
n : black-and-white North Atlantic auk having a compressed
sharp-edged bill [syn: {razor-billed auk}, {Alca torda}]
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