scoter

English

Alternative forms

• scooter

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskəʊ.tə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskoʊ.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)

Noun

scoter (plural scoters)

1. Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta.

   When I went birdwatching, I saw lots of scoters.

Derived terms

• American scoter, black scoter (Melanitta americana)
• common scoter (Melanitta nigra)
• surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
• velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca)
• white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi)

Translations

bird

• Bulgarian: кадифена потапница f (kadifena potapnica)
• Catalan: ànec negre m
• Czech: turpan
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: zee-eend (nl), zeeëend (nl)
• Esperanto: maranaso
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: mustalintu (fi)
• French: macreuse (fr) f
• Greek: μαυρόπαπια f (mavrópapia)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 黒鴨 (kurogamo), 金黒 (kinkuro)
• Navajo: naalʼeełí łizhinígíí
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: markaczka (pl) f, uhla (pl) f
• Russian: турпа́н (ru) m (turpán)
• Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: negrón m, negreta f

References

• Melanitta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Melanitta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Melanitta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Coster, Ectors, Tresco, corset, coster, escort, recost, rectos, scrote, sector