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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shoveler, shovellernoun

    a worker who shovels

    "a shoveler of coal"

  2. shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeatanoun

    freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Shovellernoun

    or Shovelard. A bird.

    Etymology: from shovel.

    Shoveller, or spoonbill: the former name the more proper, the end of the bill being broad like a shovel, but not concave like a spoon, but perfectly flat. Nehemiah Grew, Musæum.

    Pewets, gulls, and shovellers feed upon flesh, and yet are good meat. Francis Bacon.

    This formation of the wizzon is not peculiar to the swan, but common unto the platea, or shovelard, a bird of no musical throat. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

ChatGPT

  1. shoveller

    A shoveller generally refers to a person or a device that is used to shovel, typically to move or lift materials such as dirt, gravel or snow. It may also refer to a type of duck known as the Northern Shoveler, recognized for its bill that is uniquely broader and shovel-shaped.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. shoveller

    Spatula clypeata, a species of duck with a broad bill. Formerly written schevelard. Also applied to a hoverer or smuggler.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shoveller in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shoveller in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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