单词 | scaup-duck |
释义 | scaup-duckn. A duck of the genus Fuligula, esp. Fuligula marila, inhabiting the seas of northern Europe, Asia, and America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya marila (scaup) smeath1622 smee1668 scaup-duck1676 bluebill1792 scaup1798 greyback1824 raft duck1824 mussel duck1864 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ iii. 279 Avis hæc the Scaup-duck dicta est, quoniam scalpam i.e. pisces testaceos fractos seu contritos esitat. 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 565 Scaup..Duck. 1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 661/1 The maula, or scaup-duck, is less than the common duck. 1886 Newton in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 378/2 The female Scaup-Duck can be readily distinguished from the Dunbird or female Pochard by her broad white face. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1676 |
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