shoveler

[ shuhv-uh-ler, shuhv-ler ]

noun

1. a person or thing that shovels.
2. Ornithology.
   1. a freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere, Anas clypeata, having a broad, flat bill.
   2. any of several related, similar ducks.

shoveler

/ ˈʃʌvələ /

noun

1. a duck, Anas (or Spatula ) clypeata, of ponds and marshes, having a spoon-shaped bill, a blue patch on each wing, and in the male a green head, white breast, and reddish-brown body

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoveler¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; shovel, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Years ago, when Tucker was the young, silent one in the room while also working as the after-school chauffeur and driveway shoveler, he learned what it took to be a head coach.

From Washington Post

It has long been assumed that the primary hosts for avian flu are dabbling ducks, such as mallards, teals and shovelers, that feed on the surface and just below with their rumps in the air.

From New York Times

Here is a chance to do something meaningful in his job, to become more than just a careerist shoveler who buries treasure and excrement for pirates.

From Washington Post

In addition to Canada geese and mallards, in recent weeks Birky Pond has hosted hooded mergansers, bufflehead, redhead ducks, canvasbacks, northern shovelers, scaup and ring-necked ducks, to name a few.

From Washington Times

The team allegedly had to start paying the shovelers in cash because people wouldn’t cash the team’s checks, instead taking them home and framing them.

From Seattle Times