Plural of dipper; either cup-like utensils with long handles for dipping, or birds known for bobbing in water.
From dipper (Old English dyppere, meaning one who dips) + -s for plural. In the zoological sense, the name comes from the birds' characteristic dipping behavior in streams.
The birds called dippers are remarkable—they're the only songbirds that can dive underwater and walk along stream bottoms hunting for insects while staying completely dry thanks to special waterproof feathers!
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