As nouns the difference between scaup and bluebill
is that
scaup is any of three species of small diving duck in the genus
Aythya while
bluebill is the scaup (of genus
Aythya.
scaup English
Noun
(en-noun)
Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya .
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(Scotland) ; a bed or stratum of shellfish.
Derived terms
* greater scaup, Aythya marila
* lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
* New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae
Anagrams
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bluebill Noun
( en noun)
the scaup (of genus Aythya )
Spermophaga , estrildid finches found in tropical Africa.
Hyponyms
* (scaup) greater scaup, lesser scaup
See also
* Argentine blue-bill
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