dipper

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dipper Definition

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

dipper Synonyms

• Big Dipper
• Bucephela albeola
• bufflehead
• butterball
• Charles's Wain
• dipper
• Little Dipper
• Plough
• Wagon
• Wain
• water ouzel