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    SHOVELLER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat billplay

    Synonyms:

    Anas clypeata; broadbill; shoveler; shoveller

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("shoveller" is a kind of...):

    duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

    Holonyms ("shoveller" is a member of...):

    Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A worker who shovelsplay

    Example:

    a shoveler of coal

    Synonyms:

    shoveler; shoveller

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("shoveller" is a kind of...):

    worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

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