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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dipper \Dip"per\, n. 1. One who or that which dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle. 2. (Zo["o]l.) a A small grebe; the dabchick. b The buffel duck. c The water ouzel ({Cinolus aquaticus}) of Europe. d The American dipper or ouzel ({Cinclus Mexicanus}). {The Dipper} (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also {Charles's Wain}. See {Ursa Major}, under {Ursa}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dipper n 1: a ladle that has a cup with a long handle 2: a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris [syn: {Little Dipper}, {Dipper}] 3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [syn: {Big Dipper}, {Dipper}, {Plough}, {Charles's Wain}] 4: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage [syn: {bufflehead}, {butterball}, {Bucephela albeola}] 5: small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom [syn: {water ouzel}]
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