scaup
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See scalp (“a bed of oysters or mussels”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
scaup (plural scaups or scaup)
- Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
- 2009 March 29, Deborah Baldwin, “A Waterside Village With a Big-City Backdrop”, in New York Times[1]:
- Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish.
- (Scotland) Alternative form of scalp (“a bed or stratum of shellfish”)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
diving-duck
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See also[edit]
- scaup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Aythya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Aythya marila on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Aythya affinis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Aythya novaeseelandiae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Aythya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Aythya marila on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Aythya affinis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Aythya novaeseelandiae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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