scoter

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English

Alternative forms

• scooter

Etymology

Origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskəʊtə/

Noun

scoter (plural scoters)

1. Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genera Oidemia and Melanitta.

   When I went birdwatching, I saw lots of scoters.

Derived terms

• American scoter, Melanitta americana
• black scoter, Melanitta nigra
• surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
• velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca
• white-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi

Translations

bird

• Dutch: zee-eend (nl)
• Finnish: mustalintu (fi)
• French: macreuse (fr) f

• Japanese: 黒鴨 (ja) (kurogamo), 金黒 (ja) (kinkuro)
• Navajo: naalʼeełí łizhinígíí
• Spanish: negrón m, negreta f

Anagrams

• corset
• coster
• escort
• rectos
• scrote
• sector
• Tresco