cinolus aquaticus

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cinolus aquaticus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dipper \Dip"per\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to
        dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) A small grebe; the dabchick.
        (b) The buffel duck.
        (c) The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe.
        (d) The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
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     The Dipper (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the
        constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from
        their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also
        Charles's Wain. See Ursa Major, under Ursa.
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