scaupとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• IPA^(key): /skɔːp/

名詞

scaup (複数形 scaups または scaup)

1. Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
   • 2009 March 29, Deborah Baldwin, “A Waterside Village With a Big-City Backdrop”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish.

2. (Scotland) Alternative form of scalp; a bed or stratum of shellfish.

派生語

• greater scaup, Aythya marila
• lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
• New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae