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Webster 1913 Edition
Shoveler
Shov′el-er
,Noun.
[Also
shoveller
.] 1.
One who, or that which, shovels.
2.
(Zool.)
A river duck (
Spatula clypeata
), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill
, spoonbill
, shovelbill
, and maiden duck
. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (Spatula rhynchotis
), is a similar species. Webster 1828 Edition
Shoveler
SHOVELER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
shoveler
shoveler
English
A Red Shoveler
Alternative forms
Noun
shoveler (plural shovelers)
- One who, or that which, shovels.
- 1910, Halbert Powers Gillette, Handbook of cost data for contractors and engineers
- The sand was loaded by 3 shovelers into wheelbarrows holding 3.6 cu. ft. each...
- 1910, Halbert Powers Gillette, Handbook of cost data for contractors and engineers
- Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.
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Translations
duck in the genus Anas
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