Dipper
Dipper , noun
1.
One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
2.
(a) (Zoology) A small grebe; the dabchick.
(b)
(Zoology) The buffel duck.
(c)
(Zoology) The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe.
(d)
(Zoology) The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
Collocations (1)
The Dipper (Astronomy) , the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also Charles's Wain. See Ursa Major, under Ursa.