Shoveler

Alternative forms

• shoveller

Origin

shovel + -er, in the duck's case from the shape of its bill.

Full definition of shoveler

Noun

1. One who, or that which, shovels.
• 1910, Halbert Powers Gillette, Handbook of cost data for contractors and engineersThe sand was loaded by 3 shovelers into wheelbarrows holding 3.6 cu. ft. each...
2. Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.

Derived terms

• Australasian shoveler
• Cape shoveler
• Northern shoveler
• red shoveler