Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that shovels.
- noun Any of several dabbling ducks of the genus Anas having long broad bills used to strain food from mud and water, especially the widely distributed species A. clypeata.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who shovels.
- noun A duck, Spatula clypeata, having a very broad bill which widens toward the end.
- noun The spoonbill Platalea leucorodia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, shovels.
- noun (Zoöl.) A river duck (
Spatula clypeata ), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called alsobroadbill ,spoonbill ,shovelbill , andmaiden duck . The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis ), is a similar species.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
shovels . - noun Any of four
species ofdabbling duck , in thegenus Anas , with distinctivespatulate bills.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a worker who shovels
- noun freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sometimes known as a shoveler or "spoonie", the Northern Shoveler is a common and widespread duck.
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We can look forward to the jobs of the future – serf, lawn jockey, manure shoveler, FauxNewsmodel, etc.
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As a highly experienced snow shoveler, I can say it is a nice gimmick, good for small amounts of light snow, but nothing beats 7HP or so of snow blower with chains on powered wheels and a really big catch area.
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Wigeon whistle cheerfully to each other, and the bright white breasts of shoveler ducks shine even in this weak light as they constantly sift the sediment with their wide beaks.
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I shoveled all morning until my shoveler was sore.
Maria Rodale: Beth Terry's Plastic-free Gardening Adventure Maria Rodale 2011
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Such bull$hit for the biggest shoveler .. ugh my bloodpressure goes up just thinking about these idiot.
Boehner: GOP Policies Are Politically Harder, Dems Offer Free Lunch 2010
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Seems that George Stevenson, of the engineering firm Remington & Vernick, is turning out to be chief shoveler (See Bernice Paglia's report "Redevelopment Caveats Aired").
Archive 2007-05-01 Dan 2007
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Two-thirds of the shooters shot a couple of pintails, two drake woodies, a greenhead, and a shoveler.
Young Guns 2007
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Seems that George Stevenson, of the engineering firm Remington & Vernick, is turning out to be chief shoveler (See Bernice Paglia's report "Redevelopment Caveats Aired").
Gold in them thar buildings Dan 2007
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Freshwater wetlands in the South-West support sizable populations of several wetland birds, including grey duck, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata and shoveler Anas rhynchotis, two species of shag Phalacrocorax spp. and marsh and spotless crake.
Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand 2008
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