DIPPER
Scrabble letter values: D2I1P3P3E1R1 = 11
Definition
- noun a ladle that has a cup with a long handle.
- noun a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor. — synonyms: Little_Dipper
- noun a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major. — synonyms: Big_Dipper, Plough, Charles's_Wain, Wain, Wagon
- noun small North American diving duck. — synonyms: bufflehead, butterball, Bucephela_albeola
- noun small stocky diving bird without webbed feet. — synonyms: water_ouzel
Examples
- “at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris”
- “males have bushy head plumage”
- “frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom”