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Definition of Scaup
Pronunciation: skạp | n. | 1. | A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. | | 2. | (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.| Scaup duck | | (Zool.) any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var. nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill, blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and raft duck; the lesser scaup duck (A. affinis), called also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck (A. collaris), called also black jack, ringneck, ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck (A. marila), closely resembles the American variety. |
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Related Words
Aythya, Aythya affinis, Aythya marila, bluebill, broadbill, duck, genus Aythya, greater scaup, lake duck, lesser scaup, lesser scaup duck, scaup duck
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