scoter

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UK/ˈskəʊ.tə/US/ˈskoʊ.tɚ/

noun

Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta.

“When I went birdwatching, I saw lots of scoters.”

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scooter
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Meanings

nounscoter (plural scoters)

plural scoters · alternative scooter

  1. Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta.

    When I went birdwatching, I saw lots of scoters.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge black diving duck of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere

Similar
scooter
Broader
sea duck
Also see
scooter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Uncertain.

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Translations

Bulgarian кадифена потапница
  • кадифена потапница (kadifena potapnica)bird
Catalan ànec negre
  • ànec negrebird
Czech turpan
  • turpanbird
Dutch zee-eend, zeeëend
  • zee-eendbird
  • zeeëendbird
Esperanto maranaso
  • maranasobird
Finnish mustalintu
  • mustalintubird
French macreuse
  • macreusebird
Greek μαυρόπαπια
  • μαυρόπαπια (mavrópapia)bird
Japanese 黒鴨, 金黒
  • 黒鴨 (kurogamo)bird
  • 金黒 (kinkuro)bird
Polish markaczka, uhla
  • markaczkabird
  • uhlabird
Russian турпа́н
  • турпа́н (turpán)bird
Spanish negrón, negreta
  • negrónbird
  • negretabird

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scoter

motorvoterpromoterboaterlocomotorpsychomotorsensorimotoroculomotorvasomotorremoterquotertotercopromoterdoterdynamotoremotergloaterideomotormisquoternonvoteroatertrimotor
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Anagrams

sectorescortcorsetCortescosterTrescorecostscrote
Cite this entry
APA

scoter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoter

MLA

“scoter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scoter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoter.

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