shoveler

Definitions


[ˈʃʌv(ə)lə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dabbling duck with a long broad bill

- a person or thing that shovels something
(e.g: a snow shoveller)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a spoonbill): alteration of earlier shovelard, from shovel, perhaps influenced by mallard




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