[syn: shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata]
4. small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills;
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:
Shoveler \Shov"el*er\, n. [Also shoveller.]
1. One who, or that which, shovels.
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2. (Zool.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of
Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards
the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green,
blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and
neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill,
shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler,
or shovel-nosed duck (Spatula rhynchotis), is a similar
species.
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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):
broadbill
n 1: tropical American heron related to night herons [syn:
boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius
cochlearius]
2: diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill [syn:
scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill]
3: freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad
flat bill [syn: shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas
clypeata]
4: small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage
and short wide bills