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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCAUP, n. A fowl of the duck kind.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

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

Britannica Concise

Any of three species (genus Aythya, family Anatidae) of diving ducks. The greater scaup, or big bluebill (A. marila), breeds across Eurasia and most of the Nearctic region. The lesser scaup, or little bluebill (A. affinis), breeds in NW N. America. Both are popular game birds, 15-20 in. (38-51 cm) long, that winter along the U.S. coasts. Males have a dark breast and grayish back but differ in head color and wing markings; females are brown with white patches around the blue bill. Scaups eat mainly clams. The third species is the New Zealand scaup (A. novaeseelandiae).

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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