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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.
OriginLate 17th century: perhaps an error for sooter (with reference to its black plumage). Rhymesbloater, boater, Botha, Dakota, doter, emoter, floater, gloater, iota, Kota, Minnesota, motor, promoter, quota, rota, rotor, voter |