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Scoters
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta.
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Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| scooternoun | A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground. |
| cootsnoun | Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead. |
| genus melanittanoun | scoters |
| melanittanoun | scoters |
| goldeneyesnoun | Any of several seaducks, of the genus Bucephala, having black and white plumage. |
| buffleheadsnoun | A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola. |
| lesser scaupnoun | A scaup of the species Aythya affinis. |
| phalaropesnoun | Any of three small wading birds in the genus Phalaropus, of the family Scolopacidae, that have lobed toes. |
| murresnoun | Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks). |
| pectoral sandpipernoun | Calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates. |
| lesser yellowlegsnoun | A shorebird of North America characterized by its yellow legs (Tringa flavipes). |
| eidersnoun | Any of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies). |
| dunlinnoun | A small wading bird, Calidris alpina, found along the coast and having a distinctive black belly patch in its breeding plumage. A type of stint. |
| oystercatchersnoun | Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish. |
| wigeonnoun | Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks. |
| greater yellowlegsnoun | A shorebird of North America characterized by its yellow legs, Tringa melanoleuca. |
| mergansersnoun | Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill. |
| yellowlegsnoun | Synonym of yellowleg. |
| gadwallnoun | A common, widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera). |
| turnstonesnoun | Either of two species of coastal wading bird, Arenaria interpres and Arenaria melanocephala, that breed in the Arctic and readily turn stones or seaweed looking for hidden invertebrates. |
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