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scaup-duck|skɔːpdʌk|
[? f. scaup scalp n.2: see quot. a 1672.
The Icel. skálphœ́na (hœ́na = hen), occurring once as the nickname of a man, is prob. unconnected.]
A duck of the genus Fuligula, esp. Fuligula marila, inhabiting the seas of northern Europe, Asia, and America.
a1672Willughby & Ray Ornith. iii. (1676) 279 Avis hæc the Scaup-duck dicta est, quoniam scalpam i.e. pisces testaceos fractos seu contritos esitat. 1785Pennant Arctic Zool. II. 565 Scaup Duck. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) I. 661/1 The maula, or scaup-duck, is less than the common duck. 1886Newton ibid. (ed. 9) XXI. 378/2 The female Scaup-Duck can be readily distinguished from the Dunbird or female Pochard by her broad white face. |