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DIPPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
Synonyms:
dipper; water ouzel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dipper" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dipper"):
Cinclus aquaticus; European water ouzel (a water ouzel of Europe)
American water ouzel; Cinclus mexicanus (a water ouzel of western North America)
Holonyms ("dipper" is a member of...):
Cinclidae; family Cinclidae (water ouzels)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
Synonyms:
Bucephela albeola; bufflehead; butterball; dipper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("dipper" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Holonyms ("dipper" is a member of...):
Bucephala; genus Bucephala (buffleheads and goldeneyes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A ladle that has a cup with a long handle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dipper" is a kind of...):
ladle (a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another)
Derivation:
dip (dip into a liquid while eating)
dip (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Synonyms:
Big Dipper; Charles's Wain; Dipper; Plough; Wagon; Wain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
asterism ((astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation))
Holonyms ("Dipper" is a part of...):
Great Bear; Ursa Major (a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
Synonyms:
Dipper; Little Dipper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
asterism ((astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation))
Meronyms (members of "Dipper"):
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)
Holonyms ("Dipper" is a part of...):
Little Bear; Ursa Minor (a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star)
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