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black scoter

black scoter noun: melanitta americana, an arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae.

black scoter: melanitta americana, an arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae
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Noun

black scoter (plural black scoters)

  1. Melanitta americana, an arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae.

Forms of black scoter

pluralblack scoters

Questions about black scoter

What does black scoter mean?
Black scoter means melanitta americana, an arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae.
What part of speech is black scoter?
Black scoter is a noun.
What is the plural of black scoter?
The plural of black scoter is black scoters.

Words near black scoter in the dictionary

  1. black sapote
  2. black sapotes
  3. Black Saturday
  4. black scabbardfish
  5. black scabbardfishes
  6. black scoter
  7. black scoters
  8. black screen of death
  9. black screens of death
  10. black sea
  11. Black Sea bottlenose dolphin

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