a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dippers handle is Polaris
[ Syn: little dipper , dipper ]
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[ Syn: big dipper , dipper , plough , charless wain , wain , wagon ]
small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
[ Syn: bufflehead , butterball , bucephela albeola ]
small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
[ Syn: water ouzel ]