scoter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a large northern sea duck of the genus Melanitta, whose adult males are predominantly black and which feeds by diving

   A black scoter disappeared beneath the waves and surfaced several metres from the flock.

Recorded in English since the seventeenth century, but of uncertain origin. The alternative historical spelling scooter should not be confused with the modern vehicle noun.

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