black skimmer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of black skimmer
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Example Sentences
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There are more than 360 species of birds, including the great blue heron and the diminutive green variety, purple gallinules and roseate spoonbills, the white ibis and the black skimmer.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2019
Delaware: Wood duck, upland plover, least tern, Wilson tern, roseate tern, black skimmer, oystercatcher, and numerous other littoral species.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
II. of this work, notes 171, 172, 173, for some account of the black skimmer and the wild turkey.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
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