scaup

The top of the head; the skull.

The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.

“Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.”

The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.

A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.

A bed or stratum of shellfish.

The top; the summit.

Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.