greater scaup

1. 1.

   large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male

   SynonymsAythya marila

   Broaderscaup

Questions about greater scaup

What does greater scaup mean?

greater scaup means "large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male".

What is another word for greater scaup?

Close synonyms include Aythya marila. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is greater scaup a common word?

greater scaup is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.