Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two diving ducks (Aythya marila or A. affinis) of the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has gray, black, and white plumage.
- noun A small diving duck (Aythya novaeseelandiae) of New Zealand, having dark plumage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
scalp . - noun A duck, Fuligula or Fulix marila and related species.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp.
- noun (Zoöl.) A scaup duck. See below.
- noun (Zoöl.) any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck (
Aythya marila , var. nearctica), called alsobroadbill ,bluebill ,blackhead ,flock duck ,flocking fowl , andraft duck ; the lesser scaup duck (A. affinis ), called alsolittle bluebill ,river broadbill , andshuffler ; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck (A. collaris ), called alsoblack jack ,ringneck ,ringbill ,ringbill shuffler , etc. SeeIllust. of Ring-necked duck, underRing-necked . The common European scaup, or mussel, duck (A. marila ), closely resembles the American variety.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of three species of small
diving duck in the genusAythya . - noun Scotland Alternative form of
scalp ; a bed or stratum ofshellfish .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Call Imitating the purrs and barks of scaup is a snap with the Lohman Diver Duck Model BR95.
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Call Imitating the purrs and barks of scaup is a snap with the Lohman Diver Duck Model BR95.
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Call Imitating the purrs and barks of scaup is a snap with the Lohman Diver Duck Model BR95.
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Call Imitating the purrs and barks of scaup is a snap with the Lohman Diver Duck Model BR95.
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(On some divers, such as scaup, it's more difficult; use a knife then to cut a line between the skin and the meat.) (3) Pull the skin as far down on the breast as possible-at least until you can begin to see the leg muscles.
Instant Duck Steaks 2003
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(On some divers, such as scaup, it's more difficult; use a knife then to cut a line between the skin and the meat.) (3) Pull the skin as far down on the breast as possible-at least until you can begin to see the leg muscles.
Instant Duck Steaks 2003
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When busy with birdlife, more than 23,000 birds, including 28 species of wildfowl, have been recorded here - including rare types such as scaup, smew, long-tailed duck, scoter and Bewick's swan.
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Canvasback and redheads have improved from their historical lows but even the scaup and ringbills (perhaps my favorites) have crashed.
Think Progress » Fifteen States Have Polluter-Driven Resolutions To Deny Climate Threat 2010
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Down here on the river we call scaup “bluebills” while the ruddies up North are called “ruddies” or “fan-tails”.
Think Progress » Fifteen States Have Polluter-Driven Resolutions To Deny Climate Threat 2010
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I think a scaup would be pretty sweet. scaup numbers are pretty low historically so it would be nice to get one while we can still harvest them
fbharjo commented on the word scaup
What is the scaup? (ducks primigeniall advantage?)
March 17, 2012