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- noun Plural form of
bucketwheel .
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Examples
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The mining originally was done with bucketwheels, gouging machines that weighed up to 850 tons.
billingsgazette.com 2008
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In the mid-1990s, bucketwheels were replaced by trucks and shovels, which can do much of the separation on the spot - sending oil sands to processing plants and soils without oil to holding grounds until it can be used for other purposes, like reclamation or building dikes for settling ponds.
billingsgazette.com 2008
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