Scaup

Origin

See scalp ("a bed of oysters or mussels").

Full definition of scaup

Noun

1. Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
• 2009, March 29, Deborah Baldwin, A Waterside Village With a Big-City Backdrop, Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish.
2. (Scotland) Alternative form of scalp; a bed or stratum of shellfish.

Derived terms

• greater scaup, Aythya marila
• lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
• New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae

Anagrams

• A cups
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