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Dipper
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Dipper: 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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