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scaup

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What does scaup mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: scaups

scaup - diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
  scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill
  duck small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
  aythya, genus aythya canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.
  aythya marila, greater scaup large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • scaup (Noun)
    Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • scaup (n.)
    A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp.
  • scaup (n.)
    A scaup duck. See below.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • scaup
    skawp, n. a sea-duck of genus Aythya, of northern regions, related to the pochard. [Ice. skálp—in skálp-hæna.]

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