scoter

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İngilizce - Türkçe
Melanitta nigra
kara ördek

İlgili Terimler

velvet scoter
kadife ördek
İngilizce - İngilizce
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

İlgili Terimler

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
scoter