shoveler

English - Turkish

Definition of shoveler in English Turkish dictionary

kürekçi

i., zool. kaşıkçın, kaşıkgaga

kaşıkgaga

kaşıkçın

Related Terms

northern shoveler

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) kaşıkgaga

English - English

Definition of shoveler in English English dictionary

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

One who, or that which, shovels

The sand was loaded by 3 shovelers into wheelbarrows holding 3.6 cu. ft. each.

{n} a fowl of the duck kind

a worker who shovels; "a shoveler of coal"

A common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas clypeata, which breeds in the northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America. They feed on the surface using their huge spatulate bills

A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America

The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green

rhynchotis, is a similar species

It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip

Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck

{i} one who shovels, one who digs or moves material with a shovel; freshwater duck with a long broad bill that lives in the northern hemisphere, broadbill

The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck S

freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill

freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill a worker who shovels; "a shoveler of coal

Any of four species (genus Anas, family Anatidae) of dabbling ducks having a long, spoon-shaped bill. The migratory northern shoveler (A. clypeata) inhabits shallow marshes and lagoons in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The male has a green head, white breast, chestnut belly and sides, and a blue patch on the forewing. It uses its bill to sift small organisms and seeds from the mud; in deeper waters, it skims the surface for plankton. The other species are the South American red shoveler (A. platalea); the Cape, or Smith's, shoveler (A. smithii) of South Africa; and the Australasian, or blue-winged, shoveler (A. rhynchotis)

shovelard

Related Terms

Northern shoveler

a shoveler (Anas clypeata)

The shoveler

shovelbill

The shoveler

broadbill

The shoveler

whinyard

The shoveler

spoonbill

The shoveler

swaddlebill

shoveller

{i} one who shovels, one who digs or moves material with a shovel; freshwater duck with a long broad bill that lives in the northern hemisphere

Hyphenation

shov·el·er

Etymology

(noun.) 15th century. shovel +‎ -er, in the duck's case from the shape of its bill.