Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shoveler"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shoveler \Shov"el*er\, n. [Also shoveller.]
1. One who, or that which, shovels.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A river duck ({Spatula clypeata}), native of
Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards
the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green,
blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and
neck are dark green. Called also {broadbill}, {spoonbill},
{shovelbill}, and {maiden duck}. The Australian shoveler,
or shovel-nosed duck ({S. rhynchotis}), is a similar
species.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shoveler
n 1: a worker who shovels; "a shoveler of coal" [syn: {shoveller}]
2: freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad
flat bill [syn: {shoveller}, {broadbill}, {Anas clypeata}]
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