Dictionary & Thesaurus

dipper

1.	(noun) a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
	Related Words: ladle

2.	(noun) small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
	Synonyms: water ouzel
	Related Words: American water ouzel, Cinclus aquaticus, Cinclus mexicanus, European water ouzel, oscine, oscine bird

3.	(noun) a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
	Synonyms: Big Dipper, Charles's Wain, Plough
	Related Words: asterism

4.	(noun) a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
	Synonyms: Little Dipper
	Related Words: asterism

5.	(noun) small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
	Synonyms: Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball
	Related Words: duck