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dipper

noun

1 dipper

A ladle that has a cup with a long handle.

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Dutch: pollepel
Polish: czerpak

2 Dipper

A cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris.

synonym: Little Dipper.

3 Dipper

A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major.

synonyms: Big Dipper, Charles's Wain, Plough, Wagon, Wain.

4 dipper

Small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage.

synonyms: Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball.

Dutch: buffelkopeend
Polish: gągołek

5 dipper

Small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom.

synonym: water ouzel.

Dutch: waterspreeuw
Polish: pluszcz zwyczajny, pluszcz


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