AYTHYA AFFINIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads

Synonyms:

Aythya affinis; lake duck; lesser scaup; lesser scaup duck

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Aythya affinis" is a kind of...):

bluebill; broadbill; scaup; scaup duck (diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill)

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