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单词 scaup-duck
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scaup-duckn.

/skɔːpdʌk/
Etymology: ? < scaup scalp n.2: see quot. 1676. The Icelandic skálphœ́na (hœ́na = hen), occurring once as the nickname of a man, is probably unconnected.
A duck of the genus Fuligula, esp. Fuligula marila, inhabiting the seas of northern Europe, Asia, and America.
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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).
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