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SHOVELER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
Synonyms:
Anas clypeata; broadbill; shoveler; shoveller
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shoveler" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Holonyms ("shoveler" is a member of...):
Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A worker who shovels
Example:
a shoveler of coal
Synonyms:
shoveler; shoveller
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shoveler" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Derivation:
shovel (dig with or as if with a shovel)
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