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 ]