Scoter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several dark-colored diving ducks of the genera Oidemia and Melanitta, of northern coastal areas. Also called coot.
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  • n. Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genera Oidemia and Melanitta.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A large sea-duck of the genus Œdemia, belonging to the subfamily Fuligulinæ, having in the male the plumage black and a red gibbosity of the bill, as Œdemia nigra of Europe.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sea duck   
    Cross Reference
    double scoter   
    Hyponym
    melanitta nigra    common scoter   
     
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