shoveler

[ shuhv-uh-ler, shuhv-ler ]

noun

1. a person or thing that shovels.
2. Ornithology.
   1. a freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere, Anas clypeata, having a broad, flat bill.
   2. any of several related, similar ducks.

shoveler

/ ˈʃʌvələ /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoveler¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; shovel, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Stay, that is the shoveler—that fat, brownish black rascal, with the greenish neck and that coquettish iridescence on it.

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I have hesitated a long while between the whistling duck, the duck with white eyebrows, and the shoveler duck (anas clypeata).

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The Shoveler is also present, if in much smaller numbers, and hides its very similar nest in much the same sort of places.

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She has about as much tact as a rhinoceros, and possesses the æsthetic perceptions of a coal shoveler.

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It takes its name from its peculiar bill, and may be termed the Shoveler of Australia.

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