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Definition of Shoveler

1. Noun. A worker who shovels. "A shoveler of coal"

2. Noun. Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill.

Definition of Shoveler

1. n. One who, or that which, shovels.

Definition of Shoveler

1. Noun. One who, or that which, shovels. ¹

2. Noun. Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus ''Anas'', with distinctive spatulate bills. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shoveler

1. one that shovels [n -S] - See also: shovels

Medical Definition of Shoveler

1. 1. One who, or that which, shovels. 2. A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. Rhynchotis), is a similar species. Origin: Also shoveller. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoveler

shovel hat shovel in shovel out shovel ready shovel test shovel tests shovelard shovelards shovelbill shovelbills

shovelboard shovelboards shovelbum shovelbums shoveled shoveler (current term) shovelers shovelful shovelfuls shovelhead

shovelheads shoveling shovellable shovelled shoveller shovellers shovellike shovelling shovelnose shovelnose catfish

Literary usage of Shoveler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"THE shoveler is less than the Wild Duck, commonly weighing about twenty-two ounces, and measuring twenty-one inches in length. The bill is black, ..."

2. Wild Fowl Shooting: Containing Scientific and Practical Descriptions of Wild by William Bruce Leffingwell (1888)
"shoveler, OR SPOONBILL. THE shoveler or Spoonbill duck is a frequenter of almost all Western waters. They are a queer-looking bird, and once seen will not ..."

3. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1856)
"THE shoveler is more or less common in Europe, in Sweden, Norway, Holland, Prussia, Kamtschatka, Poland, Denmark, Russia, ..."

4. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, William Turton (1816)
"Of the Spoonbill or shoveler. we proceed in our description of the crane kind, birds of peculiar forms offer not entirely like the crane, and yet not so far ..."

5. Feathered Game of the Northeast by Walter Herbert Rich (1907)
"THE shoveler, OR SPOONBILL ... One of the most graceful among the waterfowl and a very beautiful bird is the shoveler. ..."

6. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, William Turton (1816)
"Of the Spoonbill or shoveler. AS we proceed in our description of the crane kind, birds of peculiar forms offer not entirely like the crane, and yet not so ..."

7. Memorial Edition of Thomas Bewick's Works by Thomas Bewick, Austin Dobson (1885)
"THK shoveler is less than the Wild Duck, commonly weighing about twenty-two ounces, and measuring twenty-one inches in length. The bill is black, ..."

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