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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scaup \scaup\ skaddp, n. see scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.
1. a bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. scot.
1913 webster
2. zool. a scaup duck. see below.
1913 webster
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 aythya affinis, called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck aythya
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 aythya marila, closely
resembles the american variety.
1913 webster
see also:
scalp scaup duck aythya fuligula aythya marila broadbill
bluebill blackhead flock duck flocking fowl raft duck
aythya affinis little bluebill river broadbill shuffler aythya collaris
black jack ringneck ringbill ringbill shuffler ring-necked duck
ring-necked
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bluebill \blue"bill`\, n. zool.
a duck of the genus fuligula. two american species
fuligula marila and fuligula affinis are common. see
scaup duck.
1913 webster
see also:
fuligula fuligula marila fuligula affinis scaup duck
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
broadbill \broad"bill`\, n.
1. zool. a wild duck aythya marila, or fuligula
marila, which appears in large numbers on the eastern
coast of the united states, in autumn; -- called also
bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck.
see scaup duck.
1913 webster
2. zool. the shoveler. see shoveler.
1913 webster
see also:
aythya marila fuligula marila bluebill blackhead raft duck scaup duck
scaup duck shoveler
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bluebill
n : diving ducks of north america having a bluish-gray bill
syn: scaup, scaup duck, broadbill
see also:
scaup scaup duck broadbill
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