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northern shoveler

northern shoveler noun: spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.

northern shoveler: spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across...
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Noun

northern shoveler (plural northern shovelers)

  1. Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.
    Synonyms:
    mud duck, spoonie

northern shoveler meaning in Bengali, Nepali and Thai

northern shoveler in Bengali

Spatula clypeata
উত্তুরে খুন্তে-হাঁস utture khunte-hãs

northern shoveler in Nepali

Spatula clypeata
बेल्चाठू“डे हा“स belcāṭhū“ḍe hā“sa

northern shoveler in Thai

Spatula clypeata
เป็ดปากพลั่ว pèt pàak-pʰlûa
More languagesFewer languages
Kashmiri
ہونٛک hōnk

Synonyms of northern shoveler

Forms of northern shoveler

pluralnorthern shovelers
alternative formNorthern shoveler
alternative formnorthern shoveller

Questions about northern shoveler

What does northern shoveler mean?
Northern shoveler means spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.
What is northern shoveler in Bengali?
Northern shoveler in Bengali is উত্তুরে খুন্তে-হাঁস (utture khunte-hãs). See Northern shoveler meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is northern shoveler?
Northern shoveler is a noun.
What is the plural of northern shoveler?
The plural of northern shoveler is northern shovelers.

Words near northern shoveler in the dictionary

  1. northern screamer
  2. northern screamers
  3. northern scurfy Quaker moth
  4. northern scurfy Quaker moths
  5. Northern Sea Route
  6. northern shoveler
  7. northern shovelers
  8. northern shoveller
  9. northern shovellers
  10. northern shrike
  11. northern shrikes

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