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Noun: Dippers
  1. A Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practised trine immersion
    - Church of the Brethren, Dunkers
Noun: dipper  di-pu(r)
  1. A ladle that has a cup with a long handle
    "She used a dipper to serve punch from the large bowl"
     
  2. Small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
    "The dipper dove into the rushing river, searching for aquatic insects";
    - water ouzel
     
  3. Small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
    "A dipper bobbed on the surface before diving for fish";
    - bufflehead, butterball [N. Amer], Bucephala albeola

Type of: Baptist denomination, duck, ladle, oscine, oscine bird

Part of: Bucephala, Cinclidae, family Cinclidae, genus Bucephala

Encyclopedia: Dippers

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