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[syn: scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), 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 also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and raft
duck; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck (Aythya
collaris), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bluebill \Blue"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species
(Fuligula marila and Fuligula affinis) are common. See
Scaup duck.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Broadbill \Broad"bill`\, n.
1. (Zool.) A wild duck (Aythya marila, or Fuligula
marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern
coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also
bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck.
See Scaup duck.
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2. (Zool.) The shoveler. See Shoveler.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bluebill
n 1: diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
[syn: scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill]