scaupn.
/skɔːp/, U.S. /skɔp/, /skɑp/ = scaup-duck n.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya marila (scaup)
smeath1622
smee1668
scaup-duck1676
bluebill1792
scaup1798
greyback1824
raft duck1824
mussel duck1864
1798 J. Latham in Trans. Linn. Soc. 4 116 The trachea of the Pochard, at first sight, seems to be similar to that of the Scaup.
1824 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 200 The Scaup..inhabits Iceland, and the more northern parts of the continents of Europe and America.
1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 768/2 A small party of scaup..next came into focus.
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scaup-pochard n. rare the scaup-duck.
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1824 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 198 Scaup pochard (Fuligula Marila).
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