Dipper

Definition of Dipper

Dip´per
n.1.One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
2.(Zool.) A small grebe; the dabchick.
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.

Related Words

asterism, Little Bear, Little Dipper, North Star, polar star, Polaris, pole star, polestar, Ursa Minor
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Diplomatic
Diplomatically
Diplomatics
Diplomatism
Diplomatist
Diplopia
Diplopod
Diplopoda
Diplostemonous
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diplotene
Dipneumona
Dipnoi
Dipodomys
Dipody
Dipogon
Dipolar
dipped
Dipped candle
Dippel's oil
-Dipper-
Dipping
Dipping needle
Diprismatic
Dipropargyl
Dipropyl
Diprotodon
Dipsas
Dipsetic
Dipsey
Dipsomania
Dipsomaniac
Dipsomaniacal
Dipsosis
dipstick
Diptera
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Dipterygian
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