scaup

scaup

English

Lesser scaup female

Etymology

See scalp (“a bed of oysters or mussels”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɔːp/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɔːp

Noun

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:

     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”)

Derived terms

• greater scaup, Aythya marila
• lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
• New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae

Translations

diving-duck

Bulgarian: планинска потапница f (planinska potapnica) Czech: polák Dutch: topper (nl) German: Bergente f Japanese: 鈴鴨 (suzugamo) Maori: raipo, pāpango, kaiharopia, matapōuri, matamatapōuri, matapo, pōkeke, tītīpōrangi Polish: ogorzałka (pl) Russian: че́рнеть (ru) f (čérnetʹ)

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Spanish: porrón m

See also

• scaup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ''Aythya'' on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• ''Aythya marila'' on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• ''Aythya affinis'' on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• ''Aythya novaeseelandiae'' on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• ''Aythya'' on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• ''Aythya marila'' on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• ''Aythya affinis'' on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• ''Aythya novaeseelandiae'' on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• A cups, CPUSA, Puacs, Pušća, caups, pacus, sac up