northern shoveller

A form of northern shoveler — Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.

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Meanings

nounnorthern shoveller (plural northern shovellers)

plural northern shovellers

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of northern shoveler.
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