shoveler
IPA: ʃˈʌvʌɫɝ
noun
- One who, or that which, shovels.
- Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.
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Examples of "shoveler" in Sentences
- I shoveled all morning until my shoveler was sore.
- Sometimes known as a shoveler or "spoonie", the Northern Shoveler is a common and widespread duck.
- Two-thirds of the shooters shot a couple of pintails, two drake woodies, a greenhead, and a shoveler.
- We can look forward to the jobs of the future – serf, lawn jockey, manure shoveler, FauxNewsmodel, etc.
- Such bull$hit for the biggest shoveler .. ugh my bloodpressure goes up just thinking about these idiot.
- Seems that George Stevenson, of the engineering firm Remington & Vernick, is turning out to be chief shoveler (See Bernice Paglia's report "Redevelopment Caveats Aired").
- Wigeon whistle cheerfully to each other, and the bright white breasts of shoveler ducks shine even in this weak light as they constantly sift the sediment with their wide beaks.
- As a highly experienced snow shoveler, I can say it is a nice gimmick, good for small amounts of light snow, but nothing beats 7HP or so of snow blower with chains on powered wheels and a really big catch area.
- Freshwater wetlands in the South-West support sizable populations of several wetland birds, including grey duck, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata and shoveler Anas rhynchotis, two species of shag Phalacrocorax spp. and marsh and spotless crake.
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