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Cinolus aquaticus

Dipper \Dip"per\, n.

  1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.

  2. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. A small grebe; the dabchick.

    2. The buffel duck.

    3. The water ouzel ( Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe.

    4. The American dipper or ouzel ( Cinclus Mexicanus).

      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.