SCAUPING
SCAUP
Scaup, n. Etym: [See Scalp a bed of oysters or mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A scaup duck. See below. Scaup duck (Zoöl.), any one of several
species of northern ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American species
are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var. nearctica), called
also broadbill, bluebill, blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and
raft duck; the lesser scaup duck (A. affinis), called also little
bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler; the tufted, or ring-necked,
scaup duck (A. collaris), called also black jack, ringneck, ringbill,
ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of Ring-necked, under Ring-
necked. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck (A.marila),
closely resembles the American variety.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition