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shoveler¹

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From Middle English schoveler, equivalent to shovel + -er.

noun shovelers · shoveller

  1. One who, or that which, shovels. The sand was loaded by 3 shovelers into wheelbarrows holding 3.6 cu. ft. each...

shoveler²

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From Middle English shoulere, shovellewre, shovelere, schoueler, alteration of earlier schovelerd, schulerde, schevelard (“shovelard”), from schovel (“shovel”), perhaps influenced by malard (“mallard”), on model of Middle Dutch lepelaar (“spoonbill”), with Middle English -ard replacing -aar and later itself replaced by Middle English -er, but not completely certain. Probably at least influenced by the shape of the bill and its feeding behavior.

noun shovelers · shoveller

  1. Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.

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noun certain ducks with spoon-like bills

Españolcuchara común, pato cucharo
DeutschLöffelente
Italianomestolone
Русскийу́тка-коротконо́ска útka-korotkonóska

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@misc{shoveler_2026,
  title = {shoveler},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoveler},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}