dipper

dipper[ 'dipə ]

• n.
  • a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
  • a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris

    同义词：Little Dipper

  • a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

    同义词：Big DipperPloughCharles's WainWainWagon

  • small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

    同义词：buffleheadbutterballBucephela albeola

  • small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom

    同义词：water ouzel