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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.
[from shovel.] A fowl of the genus Anas or duck kind.

Definition 2024


shoveler

shoveler

English

A Red Shoveler

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Noun

shoveler (plural shovelers)

  1. 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...
  2. Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.

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