Definition of scaup in English:

scaup

noun skɔːpskɔp

A Eurasian, North American, and New Zealand diving duck, the male of which has a black head with a green or purple gloss.
Family Anatidae: three species in the genus Aythya, in particular the widespread (greater) scaup (A. marila), with a black breast and white sides
Example sentencesExamples
- There are mallards galore, the males with their metallic green heads and the females a dowdy brown, and busy little black scaups, bobbing like bath toys.
- Two ducks common in the winter marsh - the canvasback and greater scaup - are now up in the Yukon and the Seward Peninsula.
- Such delays in nest initiation by scaup are especially alarming, given that scaup are migrating through North Dakota earlier than they did historically.
- As the tiny sailor joined the rest of its crew, our eyes were drawn to a small raft of scaup.
- The lesser scaup is a lovely duck indeed, one that, on its own merits, should always be a pleasure to spy on a lake or stretch of sea coast.

Origin

Late 17th century: Scots variant of Scots and northern English scalp 'mussel-bed', a feeding ground of the duck.

Rhymes

dorp, gawp, scorp, Thorpe, warp, whaup, yawp

Definition of scaup in US English:

scaup

nounskôpskɔp

A Eurasian, North American, and New Zealand diving duck, the male of which has a black head with a green or purple gloss.
Genus Aythya, family Anatidae: three species, in particular the widespread (greater) scaup (A. marila), with a black breast and white sides
Example sentencesExamples
- There are mallards galore, the males with their metallic green heads and the females a dowdy brown, and busy little black scaups, bobbing like bath toys.
- The lesser scaup is a lovely duck indeed, one that, on its own merits, should always be a pleasure to spy on a lake or stretch of sea coast.
- As the tiny sailor joined the rest of its crew, our eyes were drawn to a small raft of scaup.
- Such delays in nest initiation by scaup are especially alarming, given that scaup are migrating through North Dakota earlier than they did historically.
- Two ducks common in the winter marsh - the canvasback and greater scaup - are now up in the Yukon and the Seward Peninsula.

Origin

Late 17th century: Scots variant of Scots and northern English scalp ‘mussel-bed’, a feeding ground of the duck.

单词	scaup
释义	Definition of scaup in English: scaup noun skɔːpskɔp A Eurasian, North American, and New Zealand diving duck, the male of which has a black head with a green or purple gloss. Family Anatidae: three species in the genus Aythya, in particular the widespread (greater) scaup (A. marila), with a black breast and white sides Example sentencesExamples There are mallards galore, the males with their metallic green heads and the females a dowdy brown, and busy little black scaups, bobbing like bath toys. Two ducks common in the winter marsh - the canvasback and greater scaup - are now up in the Yukon and the Seward Peninsula. Such delays in nest initiation by scaup are especially alarming, given that scaup are migrating through North Dakota earlier than they did historically. As the tiny sailor joined the rest of its crew, our eyes were drawn to a small raft of scaup. The lesser scaup is a lovely duck indeed, one that, on its own merits, should always be a pleasure to spy on a lake or stretch of sea coast. Origin Late 17th century: Scots variant of Scots and northern English scalp 'mussel-bed', a feeding ground of the duck. Rhymes dorp, gawp, scorp, Thorpe, warp, whaup, yawp Definition of scaup in US English: scaup nounskôpskɔp A Eurasian, North American, and New Zealand diving duck, the male of which has a black head with a green or purple gloss. Genus Aythya, family Anatidae: three species, in particular the widespread (greater) scaup (A. marila), with a black breast and white sides Example sentencesExamples There are mallards galore, the males with their metallic green heads and the females a dowdy brown, and busy little black scaups, bobbing like bath toys. The lesser scaup is a lovely duck indeed, one that, on its own merits, should always be a pleasure to spy on a lake or stretch of sea coast. As the tiny sailor joined the rest of its crew, our eyes were drawn to a small raft of scaup. Such delays in nest initiation by scaup are especially alarming, given that scaup are migrating through North Dakota earlier than they did historically. Two ducks common in the winter marsh - the canvasback and greater scaup - are now up in the Yukon and the Seward Peninsula. Origin Late 17th century: Scots variant of Scots and northern English scalp ‘mussel-bed’, a feeding ground of the duck.
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