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Definition of Greater scaup

1. Noun. Large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male.

Definition of Greater scaup

1. Noun. a scaup of the species Aythya marila ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Greater Scaup

Literary usage of Greater scaup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and by Edward Howe Forbush, Willey Ingraham Beecroft, Herbert Keightley Job, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1912)
"Common or local names: Little Bluebill; River Broad-bill; Creek Broad-bill; Raft Duck; and other names that are also applied to the greater scaup. FEMALE. ..."

2. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"(148) Synonyms: Big Bluebill, Blackhead, Broadbill, greater scaup, Raft Duck, ... Mr. AC Bent states that "The American (Greater) Scaup Duck probably breeds ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"... in Chesapeake Bay and Currituck Sound, North Carolina, and in the Western States in spring and autumn; the greater scaup duck (Fuligula marila, Steph. ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"... listed in the lake records should be divided about as follows: Lesser Scaup, 60 per cent.; Ring-neck, 35 per cent.; and greater scaup, 5 per cent. ..."

5. The Birds of New Jersey by Charles Anthony Shriner (1896)
"Their song, very seldom heard, is a confusion of harsh whistles; the call note a cluck. Blackhead. See greater scaup. Blackhead, Little. See Lesser Scaup. ..."

6. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"greater scaup Duck. Blue-bill. Black-head. See No. 105. Aythya martin. Head and neck, dark glossy green ; a nearly round patch of white on cheek at base of ..."

7. The Game Birds of California by Tracy Irwin Storer, Joseph Grinnell, Harold Child Bryant (1918)
"Male greater scaup distinguished from male Lesser Scaup in hand by larger ... Female greater scaup separable from all other ducks (save Lesser Scaup and ..."

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