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DIPPER

Definition:

1. [noun] a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
   
   
2. [noun] a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
   Synonyms: Little Dipper, Dipper
   
   
3. [noun] a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
   Synonyms: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon
   
   
4. [noun] small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
   Synonyms: bufflehead, butterball, Bucephela albeola
   
   
5. [noun] small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
   Synonyms: water ouzel
   
   

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Related Words:

• European water ouzel, Cinclus aquaticus
• American water ouzel, Cinclus mexicanus

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