• (n.) 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. • (n.) One who, or that which, sifts. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/sifter/
Sift'er noun 1. One who, or that which, sifts. 2. (Zoology) 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. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/99