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Dipper

Dipper Meaning & Definition
Dipper Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dipper?

[n] small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
[n] small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
[n] a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
[n] a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[n] a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dipper: Big Dipper | Bucephela albeola | bufflehead | butterball | Charles's Wain | Little Dipper | Plough | Wagon | Wain | water ouzel

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See Also | American water ouzel | asterism | Bucephala | Cinclidae | Cinclus aquaticus | Cinclus mexicanus | duck | European water ouzel | family Cinclidae | genus Bucephala | Great Bear | ladle | Little Bear | North Star | oscine | oscine bird | polar star | Polaris | polestar | Ursa Major | Ursa Minor

Dipper In Webster's Dictionary

\Dip"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small grebe; the dabchick. (b) The buffel duck. (c) The water ouzel ({Cinolus aquaticus}) of Europe. (d) The American dipper or ouzel ({Cinclus Mexicanus}). {The Dipper} (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also {Charles's Wain}. See {Ursa Major}, under {Ursa}.

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