dippers

Noun

• a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion
• a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
• a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
• a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
• small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
• small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
• plural of dipper

Synonyms

Big Dipper, Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball, Charles's Wain, Church of the Brethren, dipper, Dipper, Dunkers, Little Dipper, Plough, Wagon, Wain, water ouzel