Word: kingfisherã
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...turning to a bird called the Kingfisher, which catches its prey by dive-bombing into bodies of water without creating a single ripple thanks to certain properties of its tapering beak. Design firm JR West solved the noise issue by adapting the nose of the train to mimic the Kingfisher??s beak, increasing the train’s speed by 10 percent and reducing energy consumption by 15 percent in the process...