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Meaning of scaup

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

scaup

Pronunciation:/skɔːp/

noun

Definitions

  1. The top of the head; the skull.

    Synonyms:skull

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

  3. 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.

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

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

noun

Definitions

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

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scalphttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scaup

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