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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cut·wa·ter /ˈkʌtˌwɔtɚ/
 船頭破浪處,橋腳的分水角,一種海鳥

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cut·wa·ter 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. Zool. A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.