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scaup

UK/skɔːp/ uncommon

noun

1.

diving ducks of North America having a bluish-gray bill

Origin

See scalp (“a bed of oysters or mussels”).

Phrases

  • Aythya affinis
  • Aythya marila
  • Aythya novaeseelandiae
  • greater scaup
  • lesser scaup
  • New Zealand scaup

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