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SCOTER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere

Synonyms:

scooter; scoter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

sea duck (any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser)

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

common scoter; Melanitta nigra (a variety of scoter)

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

genus Melanitta; Melanitta (scoters)

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