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shov⋅el⋅er

  [shuhv-uh-ler, shuhv-ler]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that shovels.
2. Ornithology.
a. a freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere, Anas clypeata, having a broad, flat bill.
b. any of several related, similar ducks.
Also, especially British, shov⋅el⋅ler.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see shovel, -er 1
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shov·el·er also shov·el·ler   (shŭv'ə-lər, shŭv'lər)   
n.  

  1. One that shovels: a shoveler of snow; a fast shoveler.

  2. A widely distributed duck (Anas clypeata) that lives chiefly in marshes and has a long broad bill fringed with bristles, which it uses to strain food from mud and water.

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