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SCOTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scoter mean?
• SCOTER (noun)
The noun SCOTER has 1 sense:
1. large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
Familiarity information: SCOTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
scooter; scoter
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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