plural scaup or scaups
: any of three diving ducks (Aythya affinis, A. novaeseelandiae, or A. marila) with the male having a glossy purplish or greenish head and a black breast and tail
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Again, like scaup and redheads, canvasbacks are usually hunted over open water behind a decoy spread numbering well into the triple digits.
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M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023
Three redheads, a northern pintail, and a Bonaparte’s gull at Turners Falls, three greater scaup and a red-breasted merganser at gate 22 at Quabbin Reservoir in New Salem, and a yellow-bellied sapsucker in Sunderland.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
Thursday morning flocks of bluebills, including both greater and lesser scaup, worked the area from first light.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2022
In addition, special regulations apply to scaup.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2022
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M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023
Three redheads, a northern pintail, and a Bonaparte’s gull at Turners Falls, three greater scaup and a red-breasted merganser at gate 22 at Quabbin Reservoir in New Salem, and a yellow-bellied sapsucker in Sunderland.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
Thursday morning flocks of bluebills, including both greater and lesser scaup, worked the area from first light.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2022
In addition, special regulations apply to scaup.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2022
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“Scaup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scaup. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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