scaup
noun/skɔːp/
Etymology See scalp (“a bed of oysters or mussels”).
1
Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
- Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish.2009 March 29, Deborah Baldwin, “A Waterside Village With a Big-City Backdrop”, in New York Times:
2
Scotland, Alternative Alternative form of scalp (“a bed or stratum of shellfish”).
- Derived terms
- greater scaup, Aythya marila, lesser scaup, Aythya affinis, New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae
- Related terms
- Aythya, Aythya marila, Aythya affinis, Aythya novaeseelandiae