dipper

Noun

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

• small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

• a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

• a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris

• a ladle that has a cup with a long handle

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  water ouzel , bufflehead , butterball , Bucephela albeola , Big Dipper , Dipper , Plough , Charles's Wain , Wain , Wagon , Little Dipper