| 释义 |
scoter|ˈskəʊtə(r)|
[Of obscure origin.]
A duck of the genus Œdemia, esp. Œdemia nigra, a native of the Arctic regions and common in the seas of Northern Europe and America. Also scoter-duck.
1674Ray Collect., Catal. Birds 96 The Scoter: Anas niger. 1768Pennant Brit. Zool. (1776) II. 494 Scoter... This bird is allowed in the Romish church to be eaten in Lent. 1808–13A. Wilson & Bonaparte Amer. Ornith. (1831) III. 212 Scoter duck. 1845Zoologist III. 1077 The scoter..has occurred twice in winter at some water in Basing parish. 1870Gillmore tr. Figuier's Reptiles & Birds 239 The writers of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance..had very vaguely described the Scoter Duck. |