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scaup

/skɔːp/

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See scalp (“a bed of oysters or mussels”).

noun scaups · scaup

Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya. Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish.
Scotland, alternative Alternative form of scalp (“a bed or stratum of shellfish”).

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noun certain ducks of the genus Aythya

Español	porrón
日本語	鈴鴨 suzugamo
Deutsch	Bergente
Русский	че́рнеть čérnetʹ

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@misc{scaup_2026,
  title = {scaup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scaup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}