[syn: shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shoveler \Shov"el*er\, n. [Also shoveller.]
1. One who, or that which, shovels.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) 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 (Spatula rhynchotis), is a similar
species.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shoveler
n 1: a worker who shovels; "a shoveler of coal" [syn:
shoveler, shoveller]
2: freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad
flat bill [syn: shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas
clypeata]