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Shoveler

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Noun

1. shoveler, shoveller

a worker who shovels

Example Sentences:
'a shoveler of coal'

2. anas clypeata, broadbill, shoveler, shoveller

freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shoveler

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noun
a duck, Anas (or Spatula) clypeata, of ponds and marshes, having a spoon-shaped bill, a blue patch on each wing, and in the male a green head, white breast, and reddish-brown body

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Shoveler

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that shovels
2. 
a freshwater duck (Anas clypeata) with a very long, broad, flattened bill, living in the Northern Hemisphere mainly in marshes
: also called northern shoveler

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shoveler

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n.
1. One that shovels: a shoveler of snow; a fast shoveler.
2. Any of several dabbling ducks of the genus Anas having long broad bills used to strain food from mud and water, especially the widely distributed species A. clypeata.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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