shoveler

 
Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌv(ə)lə/
(also shoveller)

noun

  • 1a dabbling duck with a long broad bill.
    • Genus Anas, family Anatidae: four species, in particular A. clypeata of Eurasia and North America
  • 2 (British usually shoveller) a person or thing that shovels something: a snow shoveller

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting a spoonbill): alteration of earlier shovelard, from shovel, perhaps influenced by mallard