shoveler

English

A Red Shoveler

Alternative forms

• shoveller

Etymology

shovel +‎ -er, in the duck's case from the shape of its bill.

Noun

shoveler (plural shovelers)

1. One who, or that which, shovels.
   • 1910, Halbert Powers Gillette, Handbook of cost data for contractors and engineers:

     The sand was loaded by 3 shovelers into wheelbarrows holding 3.6 cu. ft. each...

2. Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Australasian shoveler Anas rhynchotis
• Cape shoveler Anas smithii

• Northern shoveler Anas clypeata
• red shoveler Anas platalea

Translations

duck in the genus Anas

• Czech: lžičák
• Dutch: slobeend (nl)
• German: Löffelente f
• Italian: mestolone (it) m
• Maori: papaunguungu, pūtaitai, kuruwhengi, kuruwhengu
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• Russian: у́тка-коротконо́ска f (útka-korotkonóska)
• Spanish: cuchara común f, pato cucharo m
• Venetian: fofano m
• Volapük: spunadök

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