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northern shovelers

northern shovelers is the plural of northern shoveler.

Meaning of northern shoveler

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

Questions about northern shovelers

What is northern shovelers the plural of?
Northern shovelers is the plural of northern shoveler.

Words near northern shovelers in the dictionary

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

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