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单词 scoter
释义

scoter

/ˈskəʊtə /
noun (plural same or scoters)
A northern diving duck that winters off the coast, the male of which has mainly black plumage.
  • Genus Melanitta, family Anatidae: three species.
Sea ducks like scoters and eiders are also divers....
  • Below we report the geographic distribution of long-tailed ducks, eiders, scoters, glaucous gulls, and Pacific loons with respect to month and ice cover.
  • The Red-Breasted Merganser is also a bold world traveler, plying icy waters where usually only scoters and eiders dare to tread.

Origin

Late 17th century: perhaps an error for sooter (with reference to its black plumage).

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