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Definition of Scoters
1. scoter [n] - See also: scoter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scoters
Literary usage of Scoters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1916)
"[july THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE scoters. BY W. DEW. MILLER. THE scoters form a
group of sea-ducks allied to the Eiders, marked by their prevailing black ..."
2. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"WHEN THE scoters FLY. WALDO. Rise, dip, dip and rise 1 Under the curtain of
starlit skies, Small black specks on a blacker sea, The dories rise and the ..."
3. With Rod and Gun in New England and the Maritime Provinces by Edward Augustus Samuels (1897)
"ALL ABOUT scoters, COOTS, AND OTHER FISH-EATING DUCKS.-—THE HANDSOME GOLDEN EYE,
OR WHISTLER. THE CANADA GOOSE AND BRANT. — SALMON PLAYING EACH OTHER. ..."
4. The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts by Charles Wendell Townsend (1905)
"The different species of scoters fly by themselves or in mixed flocks. ...
Although the scoters commonly enter the mouths of the Essex, Ipswich, ..."