Having a flattened beak or snout.

brawny and large, with connotations of being unintelligent, as one who is fit for digging ditches.

(archaeology) An excavation unit of small extent and shallow depth, made quickly with a shovel or trowel to determine whether archeologically significant material is present below the ground surface.

(archaeology) To examine a site or area using one or more small excavation units.

plural of shovel test

(Of a building project) ready for immediate commencement of excavation and construction.

Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.

plural of northern shoveler

(Ireland) Severely admonished; castigated.

A broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides and projecting in front like a shovel, formerly worn by some clergy of the Church of England.