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Dipper Very Common

Dipper has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
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

3

a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

4

small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

5

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

6

One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).

7

A member or supporter of the Canadian New Democratic Party.

Proper Noun
1

Either the Big Dipper or the Little Dipper (in the singular, chiefly the Big Dipper).

2

A Chinese constellation located near Sagittarius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ladle duck oscine
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
European water ouzel American water ouzel
Rhyming Words
per rper aper xper oper lper leper hyper riper ndper esper vaper raper duper afper neper japer roper hiper phper
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