scaup

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/skɔːp/

Definition of scaup

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
    “Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish.”
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noun

  1. Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
    “Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish.”
  2. (Scotland, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of scalp (“a bed or stratum of shellfish”).

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Etymology

See scalp (“a bed of oysters or mussels”).

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