melanitta nigra

1. 1.

   a variety of scoter

   Synonymscommon scoter

   Broaderscoter

Questions about melanitta nigra

What does melanitta nigra mean?

melanitta nigra means "a variety of scoter".

What is another word for melanitta nigra?

Close synonyms include common scoter. 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 melanitta nigra a common word?

melanitta nigra 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.