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Meanings of scaup in English
Synonyms
Examples for "bluebill"
Examples for "bluebill"
1
Mukoki examined a fat bluebill, roasted to a rich brown, and gave it to Rod.
2
In ducks, there are mallards, black, wood, mandarin, blue and green winged teal, widgeon, redhead, pin-tail, bluebill, gadwall, call and many others.
3
An aeroplane was whirring noisily above the quiet lake, startling the bluebills floating about on the surface.
4
There was a fine sprinkling of sprig, redhead, widgeon, plenty of teal, bluebills and some spoonbills, all fine, fat birds.
1
It could have been a marlin or a broadbill or a shark.
2
That would not have mattered if I had not hurt my back in an eleven-hour fight with a giant broadbill swordfish.
1
American scaup duck, woodcock, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, pileated woodpecker, parrakeet, white-necked raven, American raven (all Prof. L.L.
Usage of scaup in English
1
In flight, the dark wings are different from the white-edged wings of scaup.
2
Greater scaup prefer large open water areas; lesser scaup often use marshes and ponds.
3
Except for the wing marks, greater and lesser scaup appear nearly identical in the field.
4
Glen Coe is an uncommon high, weather-glim scaup o land in the north of Argyll, no far frae Fort William.
5
American scaup duck, woodcock, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, pileated woodpecker, parrakeet, white-necked raven, American raven (all Prof. L.L.
6
On the water, body size and head shape distinguish them from scaups and redheads.
7
Similar in appearance to scaups, but more often found in fresh marshes and wooded ponds.