scoter

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von scoter im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

Melanitta nigra

kara ördek

Relevante Übersetzungen

velvet scoter

kadife ördek

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von scoter im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genera Oidemia and Melanitta

When I went birdwatching, I saw lots of scoters.

{n} a fowl of the duck genus

large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere

{i} (Zoology) large sea duck native of north coasts of the northern hemisphere (drake has black feathers with white spots and the female is brown)

Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia

or sea coot Any of three species (genus Melanitta) of diving duck that are mainly marine except during the breeding season. The males are shiny black. The surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) breeds in the forests and tundra of Canada and Alaska and winters on seacoasts as far south as Florida and southern California. The white-winged, or velvet, scoter (M. deglandi, or fusca) and the black, or common, scoter (M. nigra) occur north of the equator nearly worldwide. All three feed mainly on marine animals such as clams

Relevante Übersetzungen

velvet scoter

An arctic sea duck, Melanitta fusca

The scoter

whilk

common scoter

a variety of scoter

surf scoter

A North American sea duck (Melanitta perspicillata), the male of which is black with a white forehead and nape

white-winged scoter

A large, black North American diving duck (Melanitta deglandi) having a patch of white on each wing

Silbentrennung

sco·ter

Etymologie

[ 'skO-t&r ] (noun.) circa 1674. Origin uncertain.