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/
• 韻: -ɔːp

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 または stratum of shellfish”)

派生語

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

参考

• scaup on Wikipedia.
• Aythya on Wikispecies.
• Aythya marila on Wikispecies.
• Aythya affinis on Wikispecies.
• Aythya novaeseelandiae on Wikispecies.
• Aythya on Wikimedia Commons.
• Aythya marila on Wikimedia Commons.
• Aythya affinis on Wikimedia Commons.
• Aythya novaeseelandiae on Wikimedia Commons.

アナグラム

• A cups, CPUSA, Puacs, Pušća, caups, pacus, sac up