DIPPER

• (noun) small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom

  synonyms : water ouzel

• (noun) small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

  synonyms : bucephela albeola , bufflehead , butterball

• (noun) a ladle that has a cup with a long handle

• (noun) a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

  synonyms : big dipper , charles's wain , plough , wagon , wain

• (noun) a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris

  synonyms : little dipper

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