The Clue
Heavenly ladle (6 letter answer)
The Answer
DIPPER
Tags
Notes
The answer DIPPER is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.
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Definition
DIPPER as a noun:
1. a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
2. (Little Dipper, Dipper) = a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
3. (Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon) = a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
4. (bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola) = small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
5. (water ouzel, dipper) = small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom