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northern shoveller

northern shoveller is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of northern shoveller

pluralnorthern shovellers

Questions about northern shoveller

What is northern shoveller the alternative spelling of?
Northern shoveller is the alternative spelling of northern shoveler.

Words near northern shoveller in the dictionary

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

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