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Definition of Scaup duck
1. Noun. Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill.
Generic synonyms: Duck
Group relationships: Aythya, Genus Aythya
Specialized synonyms: Aythya Marila, Greater Scaup, Aythya Affinis, Lake Duck, Lesser Scaup, Lesser Scaup Duck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaup Duck
Literary usage of Scaup duck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"ALEXANDER WILSON figured a scaup duck, but in his description of the adult in
winter, he says that "the irides" are "reddish," and yet he says that the ..."
2. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"The opinion, derived from WILSON'S account of the scaup duck, that it is met with
only ... The scaup duck seems to float less lightly than it really does, ..."
3. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"THE OCCURRENCE OF BLYTH'S WATTLED LAPWING AND THE scaup duck IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS. By RICHARD C. MCGREGOR. Through the interest of Dr. Leon Guerrero, ..."
4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"Through the courtesy of Mr. W. Parsons, of Manila, I am permitted to record the
capture of a male scaup duck, Fuligula marila (Linn. ..."
5. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1902)
"The scaup duck, or blue-bill, is not so generally common in the United KiB. 74.
scaup duck. s, . ..."
6. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"THE scaup duck. (Anas Marila, Lin.^ THIS species is less than the Mallard; some
of them, it is said, weighing only a pound and a half, while others exceed ..."
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