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scaup

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English

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Lesser scaup female

Etymology

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See scalp (a bed of oysters or mussels).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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”, in New York Times[1]:
      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)

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