scoter

English

Alternative forms

scooter

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskəʊ.tə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈskoʊ.tɚ/
Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)

Noun

scoter (plural scoters)

Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta.
When I went birdwatching, I saw lots of scoters.

Derived terms

Translations

bird

Bulgarian: кадифена потапница f (kadifena potapnica)
Catalan: ànec negre m
Czech: turpan
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: zee-eend (nl), zeeëend (nl)
Esperanto: maranaso
Faroese: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: mustalintu (fi)
French: macreuse (fr) f
Greek: μαυρόπαπια f (mavrópapia)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 黒鴨 (kurogamo), 金黒 (kinkuro)
Navajo: naalʼeełí łizhinígíí
Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: markaczka (pl) f, uhla (pl) f
Russian: турпа́н (ru) m (turpán)
Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: negrón m, negreta f

References

Melanitta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Melanitta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Melanitta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

Coster, Ectors, Tresco, corset, coster, escort, recost, rectos, scrote, sector

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