scooper

noun

1. A person who scoops.
2. Something that scoops.
3. An engraver's tool.
4. The avocet, a bird that scoops up the mud to obtain food.
5. A journalist who obtains a scoop, or exclusive.
6. (informal)A type of air tanker waterbomber airplane, which is capable of landing on water, and directly scooping up water to fill its tanks, by skimming the water's surface with scoops delopyed.