shoveler

One that shovels.

Any of several dabbling ducks of the genus Anas having long broad bills used to strain food from mud and water, especially the widely distributed species A. clypeata.

One who shovels.

A duck, Spatula clypeata, having a very broad bill which widens toward the end.

The spoonbill Platalea leucorodia.

One who, or that which, shovels.

A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species.

One who, or that which, shovels.

Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.

a worker who shovels