excavator

excavator
/eks"keuh vay'teuhr/, n.
1. a person or thing that excavates.
2. a power-driven machine for digging, moving, or transporting loose gravel, sand, or soil.
3. a sharp, spoonlike instrument used for scraping out diseased tissue, as in dentistry.
[1805-15; EXCAVATE + -OR2]

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