English - Turkish
Definition of scaup in English Turkish dictionary
- Karabaş patka
- Aythya marila
- greater scaup karabaş patka
- deniz ördeği
- deniz ördek
- greater scaup
- (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) karabaş patka
- greater scaup
- büyük deniz ördeği
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English - English
Definition of scaup in English English dictionary
- Alternative form of scalp; a bed or stratum of shellfish
- Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya
- {n} a fowl of the duck kind
- Either of two species of small diving duck, Aythya marila and Aythya affinis, native to the northern hemisphere
- diving ducks of North America having a bluish-gray bill
- A scaup duck
- Either of two diving ducks (Aythya marila or A. affinis) having predominantly black and white plumage in the male. Also called bluebill. Any of three species (genus Aythya, family Anatidae) of diving ducks. The greater scaup, or big bluebill (A. marila), breeds across Eurasia and most of the Nearctic region. The lesser scaup, or little bluebill (A. affinis), breeds in northwestern North America. Both are popular game birds, 15-20 in. (38-51 cm) long, that winter along the U.S. coasts. Males have a dark breast and grayish back but differ in head colour and wing markings; females are brown with white patches around the blue bill. Scaups eat mainly clams. The third species is the New Zealand scaup (A. novaeseelandiae)
- A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp
- {i} diving duck of North America which has a bluish-gray beak (also called scaup duck)
- scaup duck
- {i} diving duck of North America which has a bluish-gray beak
- greater scaup
- a scaup of the species Aythya marila
- greater scaup
- large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male
- lesser scaup
- common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads