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dipper
has definitions from the fields of zoology,food,astronomy
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[ noun ] (food) a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)He unlashed the dipper and drew water from a barrel . He replenished the dipper and handed it to his young wife riding the hurricane_deck . She set the dipper on the edge of the deck , leaving it for him to stretch after it while she looked_on scornfully . He stared at the dipper , turning it over_and_over in his wide , calloused hands . |
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[ noun ] (zoology) small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
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[ noun ] (astronomy) a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
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[ noun ] (astronomy) a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
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[ noun ] (zoology) small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
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