[ noun ] black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill <noun.animal>
Razorbill \Ra"zor*bill`\ (-b[i^]l`), 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.
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}.