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▪ I. scaup|skɔːp| Short for scaup-duck. Also Comb. scaup-pochard (rare) = scaup-duck.
1797Latham in Trans. Linnean Soc. IV. 116 The trachea of the Pochard, at first sight, seems to be similar to that of the Scaup. 1824J. F. Stephens in Shaw Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 198 Scaup pochard (Fuligula Marila). Ibid. 200 The Scaup..inhabits Iceland, and the more northern parts of the continents of Europe and America. 1905Blackw. Mag. June 768/2 A small party of scaup..next came into focus. ▪ II. scaup variant form of scalp n.1 and n.2 |