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scaup duck

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scaup

[skawp]
–noun
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, esp. A. marila (greater scaup), of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
Also called scaup duck.


Origin:
1665–75; by ellipsis from scaup duck, prob. with Scots, N dial. scaup, scalp mussel bed (of uncert. orig.)
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scaup duck

noun
diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill [syn: scaup
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