scooper

noun

scoop·​er

-pə(r)

plural -s

1

: one that uses or works with a scoop (as on a grain unloader or on a centrifugal machine charger)

2

a

: one that scoops

b

: scorper

3

a

: avocet

b

: shoveler sense 2

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