Dipper

n.	1.	One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
	2.	(Zool.) A small grebe; the dabchick. The Dipper (Astron.) 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.

Noun	1.	dipper - a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
	2.	Dipper - a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris Synonyms: Little Dipper
	3.	Dipper - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major Synonyms: Big Dipper, Charles's Wain, Plough, Wain, Wagon
	4.	dipper - small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage Synonyms: Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball
	5.	dipper - small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom Synonyms: water ouzel

asterism, Little Bear, Little Dipper, North Star, polar star, Polaris, pole star, polestar, Ursa Minor

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