scaup

English

Lesser scaup female

Etymology

See scalp (“a bed of oysters or mussels”).

Noun

scaup (plural scaups or scaup)

1. Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
   • 2009 March 29, Deborah Baldwin, “A Waterside Village With a Big-City Backdrop”, New York Times:

     Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish.

2. (Scotland) Alternative form of scalp; a bed or stratum of shellfish.

Derived terms

• greater scaup, Aythya marila
• lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
• New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae

See also

• Scaup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aythya on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Aythya
• Aythya marila on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Aythya marila
• Aythya affinis on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Aythya affinis
• Aythya novaeseelandiae on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Aythya novaeseelandiae
• Scaup on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

Translations

diving-duck

• Dutch: topper (nl)
• German: Bergente (de) f

• Japanese: 鈴鴨 (ja) (suzugamo)
• Russian: чернеть (ru) (čérnet') f

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• Spanish: porrón m

Anagrams

• A cups
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