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Webster 1913 Edition


Scaup

Scaup

(ska̤p)
,
Noun.
[See
Scalp
a bed of oysters or mussels.]
1.
A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp.
[Scot.]
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 (
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scaup

SCAUP

,
Noun.
A fowl of the duck kind.

Definition 2024


scaup

scaup

English

Lesser scaup female

Noun

scaup (plural scaups or scaup)

  1. 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:
      Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish.
  2. (Scotland) Alternative form of scalp; a bed or stratum of shellfish.

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