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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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Etymology

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

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