dipper
1. a ladle that has a cup with a long handle (Freq. 4) • Derivationally related forms: dip • Hypernyms: ladle 2. small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage • Syn: bufflehead, butterball, Bucephela albeola • Hypernyms: duck • Member Holonyms: Bucephala, genus Bucephala 3. small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom • Syn: water ouzel • Hypernyms: oscine, oscine bird • Hyponyms: European water ouzel, Cinclus aquaticus, American water ouzel, Cinclus mexicanus • Member Holonyms: Cinclidae, family Cinclidae
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