shoveler

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English - Turkish
kürekçi
i., zool. kaşıkçın, kaşıkgaga
kaşıkgaga
kaşıkçın
northern shoveler
(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) kaşıkgaga
English - English
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
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
shoveler

    Hyphenation

    shov·el·er

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

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