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| NOUN | 1 | dipper | A ladle that has a cup with a long handle |
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| 2 | Dipper, Little Dipper | A cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor | |
| 3 | Dipper, Big Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon | A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major | |
| 4 | dipper, bufflehead, butterball, Bucephela albeola | Small North American diving duck | |
| 5 | dipper, water ouzel | Small stocky diving bird without webbed feet |
| Sounds | dih'per |
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| Rhymes | asper, bagpiper, beekeeper, and 133 more rhymes in per... |
| Meaning | A ladle that has a cup with a long handle. |
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| Broader | ladle |
| Verbs | dip; dip |
| Meaning | A cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor. At the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris. |
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| Synonyms | Little Dipper |
| Part of | Little Bear, Ursa Minor |
| Members | Polaris, North Star, pole star, polar star, polestar |
| Instance of | asterism |
| Meaning | A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major. |
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| Synonyms | Big Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon |
| Part of | Great Bear, Ursa Major |
| Instance of | asterism |
| Meaning | Small North American diving duck. Males have bushy head plumage. |
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| Synonyms | bufflehead, butterball, Bucephela albeola |
| Member of | Bucephala, genus Bucephala |
| Broader | duck |
| Meaning | Small stocky diving bird without webbed feet. Frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom. |
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| Synonyms | water ouzel |
| Member of | Cinclidae, family Cinclidae |
| Broader | oscine, oscine bird |
| Narrower | European water ouzel, Cinclus aquaticus; American water ouzel, Cinclus mexicanus |
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