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for Dipper
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Dipper \Dip"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to
dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.)
(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).
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
dipper
n 1: a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
2: a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the
dipper's handle is Polaris [syn: Little Dipper, Dipper]
3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain,
Wain, Wagon]
4: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
plumage [syn: bufflehead, butterball, dipper,
Bucephela albeola]
5: small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-
flowing streams and feeds along the bottom [syn: water
ouzel, dipper]
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