| dipper | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. dipper | a ladle that has a cup with a long handle. |
| ~ ladle | a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another. |
| n. (object) | 2. dipper, little dipper | a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris. |
| ~ asterism | (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation). |
| ~ little bear, ursa minor | a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star. |
| ~ north star, polar star, polaris, pole star, polestar | the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it. |
| n. (object) | 3. big dipper, charles's wain, dipper, plough, wagon, wain | a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major. |
| ~ asterism | (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation). |
| ~ great bear, ursa major | a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star. |
| n. (animal) | 4. bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball, dipper | small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage. |
| ~ duck | small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs. |
| ~ bucephala, genus bucephala | buffleheads and goldeneyes. |
| n. (animal) | 5. dipper, water ouzel | small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom. |
| ~ oscine, oscine bird | passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus. |
| ~ cinclidae, family cinclidae | water ouzels. |
| ~ cinclus aquaticus, european water ouzel | a water ouzel of Europe. |
| ~ american water ouzel, cinclus mexicanus | a water ouzel of western North America. |
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