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SCAUP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

Synonyms:

bluebill; broadbill; scaup; scaup duck

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("scaup" is a kind of...):

duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scaup"):

Aythya marila; greater scaup (large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male)

Aythya affinis; lake duck; lesser scaup; lesser scaup duck (common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads)

Holonyms ("scaup" is a member of...):

Aythya; genus Aythya (canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.)

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