Noun dipper has 5 senses
  1. dipper - a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
    --1 is a kind of
    Baptist denomination; ladle; Baptist denomination; ladle
    --1 has particulars:
     Dunker, Dunkard, Tunker; 1 of 5 senses of dipper ; Church of the Brethren, Dunkers, Dippers; Dunker, Dunkard, Tunker; 1 of 5 senses of dipper
    Derived forms: verb dip2, verb dip1
  2. Little Dipper, Dipper - a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
    --2 is a kind of asterism; asterism
    --2 is a part of Little Bear, Ursa Minor
    --2 has members:
     Polaris, North Star, pole star, polar star, polestar
  3. Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
    --3 is a kind of asterism; asterism
    --3 is a part of Great Bear, Ursa Major
  4. bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola - small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
    --4 is a kind of duck; duck
    --4 is a member of Bucephala, genus Bucephala
  5. water ouzel, dipper - small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
    --5 is a kind of oscine, oscine bird; oscine, oscine bird
    --5 is a member of Cinclidae, family Cinclidae
    --5 has particulars:
     European water ouzel, Cinclus aquaticus; American water ouzel, Cinclus mexicanus; water ouzel, dipper; European water ouzel, Cinclus aquaticus; American water ouzel, Cinclus mexicanus
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