Dipper

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dipper \Dip"per\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to
        dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.)


        (a) A small grebe; the dabchick.
        (b) The buffel duck.
        (c) The water ouzel ({Cinolus aquaticus}) of Europe.
        (d) The American dipper or ouzel ({Cinclus Mexicanus}).
            [1913 Webster]
  
     {The Dipper} (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the
        constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from
        their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also
        {Charles's Wain}. See {Ursa Major}, under {Ursa}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dipper
       n 1: a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
       2: a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the
          dipper's handle is Polaris [syn: {Little Dipper}]
       3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa
          Major [syn: {Big Dipper}, {Plough}, {Charles's Wain}, {Wain},
           {Wagon}]
       4: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
          plumage [syn: {bufflehead}, {butterball}, {Bucephela
          albeola}]
       5: small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents
          fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom [syn: {water
          ouzel}]