scaup

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/skɔːp/

noun

Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.

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Meanings

nounscaup (plural scaups or scaup)

plural scaups

  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
  2. ScotlandalternativeAlternative form of scalp (“a bed or stratum of shellfish”).

Synonyms & antonyms

noundiving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

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scaup duckbluebillbroadbill
Broader
duck
Also see
bluebillbroadbillpochardscalp

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Translations

Bulgarian планинска потапница
  • планинска потапница (planinska potapnica)certain ducks of the genus Aythya
Czech polák
  • polákcertain ducks of the genus Aythya
Dutch topper
  • toppercertain ducks of the genus Aythya
Finnish lapasotka
  • lapasotkacertain ducks of the genus Aythya
German Bergente
  • Bergentecertain ducks of the genus Aythya
Hungarian hegyi réce
  • hegyi récecertain ducks of the genus Aythya
Japanese 鈴鴨
  • 鈴鴨 (suzugamo)certain ducks of the genus Aythya
Māori raipo, pāpango
  • raipocertain ducks of the genus Aythya
  • pāpangocertain ducks of the genus Aythya
  • kaiharopiacertain ducks of the genus Aythya
  • matapōuricertain ducks of the genus Aythya
  • matamatapōuricertain ducks of the genus Aythya
  • matapocertain ducks of the genus Aythya
  • pōkekecertain ducks of the genus Aythya
  • tītīpōrangicertain ducks of the genus Aythya
Polish ogorzałka
  • ogorzałkacertain ducks of the genus Aythya
Russian че́рнеть
  • че́рнеть (čérnetʹ)certain ducks of the genus Aythya
Spanish porrón
  • porróncertain ducks of the genus Aythya

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scaup

yawpgawplemon drop
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Anagrams

Pasuc
Cite this entry
APA

scaup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaup

MLA

“scaup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaup. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scaup,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaup.

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