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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey billplay

    Synonyms:

    bluebill; broadbill; scaup; scaup duck

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("scaup" is a kind of...):

    duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scaup"):

    Aythya marila; greater scaup (large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male)

    Aythya affinis; lake duck; lesser scaup; lesser scaup duck (common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads)

    Holonyms ("scaup" is a member of...):

    Aythya; genus Aythya (canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.)

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