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scaup

/skɔːp/

scaup noun: any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya. Also the alternative form of scalp.

scaup: any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya
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Noun

scaup (plural scaups or scaup)

  1. 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.2009 March 29, Deborah Baldwin, “A Waterside Village With a Big-City Backdrop”, in New York Times

Also used as

scaup is also the alternative form of scalp.

Forms of scaup

pluralscaups
pluralscaup

Origin of scaup

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

Words formed from scaup

Words that rhyme with scaup

Questions about scaup

What does scaup mean?
Scaup means any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
What part of speech is scaup?
Scaup is a noun.
How do you pronounce scaup?
Scaup is pronounced /skɔːp/.
What is the plural of scaup?
The plural of scaup is scaups.

Words near scaup in the dictionary

  1. scaturiences
  2. scaturient
  3. scaturiginous
  4. Scaturro
  5. Scaturros
  6. scaup
  7. scauper
  8. scaupers
  9. scaups
  10. scaur
  11. scaurie

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