- a person or thing that shovels.
- Ornithology.
- a freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere, Anas clypeata, having a broad, flat bill.
- any of several related, similar ducks.
- a duck, Anas (or Spatula) clypeata, of ponds and marshes, having a spoon-shaped bill, a blue patch on each wing, and in the male a green head, white breast, and reddish-brown body
