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Definition: O fusca
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.
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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.
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