Definition of Scoters. Meaning of Scoters. Synonyms of Scoters

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Definition of Scoters

Scoter
Scoter Sco"ter, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia. Note: The European scoters are Oidemia nigra, called also black duck, black diver, surf duck; and the velvet, or double, scoter (O. fusca). The common American species are the velvet, or white-winged, scoter (O. Deglandi), called also velvet duck, white-wing, bull coot, white-winged coot; the black scoter (O. Americana), called also black coot, butterbill, coppernose; and the surf scoter, or surf duck (O. perspicillata), called also baldpate, skunkhead, horsehead, patchhead, pishaug, and spectacled coot. These birds are collectively called also coots. The females and young are called gray coots, and brown coots.

Meaning of Scoters from wikipedia

- The scoters are stocky seaducks in the genus Melanitta. The drakes are mostly black and have swollen bills, the females are brown. They breed in the far...
- than other scoters. The black and the white-winged scoters are physically very similar to the surf scoter but in flight, the surf scoter is the only...
- ch****s, very similar to female black scoter. This species can be distinguished from other scoters, apart from black scoter, by the lack of white anywhere on...
- white-winged scoters, along with the surf scoter, are placed in the subgenus Melanitta, distinct from the subgenus Oidemia to which the black scoter and common...
- other scoters, apart from common scoter, by the lack of white anywhere on the drake, and the more extensive pale areas on the female. The black scoter and...
- warrant taxonomic distinction. White-winged Scoters have the largest breeding range among North American scoters. They mainly breed in boreal forest from...
- White-winged scoters tend to have "two-stepped" profile between the bill and the head, compared to the long "Roman nose" profile of Stejneger's scoter similar...
- USS Scoter has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Scoter (SP-20), originally also designated SP-53, a patrol...
- scoter-like. An expansion of the tracheal tube occurred at the anterior end, and two enlargements (as opposed to one enlargement as seen in scoters)...
- USFS Scoter was an American fishery patrol vessel that operated in the waters of the Territory of Alaska. She was part of the United States Bureau of Fisheries...