6 definitions found for Scaup

Scaup SCAUP, n. A fowl of the duck kind.

scaup n 1: diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill [syn: scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill]

scaup noun (plural scaup or scaups) Etymology: short for scaup duck; scaup probably alteration of scalp bed of shellfish Date: 1797 either of two diving ducks (Aythya affinis or A. marila) with the male having a glossy purplish or greenish head and a black breast and tail

scaup
n. any diving duck of the genus Aythya.
Etymology: scaup Sc. var. of scalp mussel-bed, which it frequents

scaup ˈskɔ:p n. any diving duck of the genus Aythya. [scaup Sc. var. of scalp mussel-bed, which it frequents]

Scaup Scaup (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or mussels.] 1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]