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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sifter  \Sift"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  sifts. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  lamellirostral  bird,  as  a  duck  or  goose;  -- 
  so  called  because  it  sifts  or  strains  its  food  from  the 
  water  and  mud  by  means  of  the  lamell?  of  the  beak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sifter 
  n  :  a  household  sieve  (as  for  flour) 




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