From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus
{Oidemia}.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also
{black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the
velvet, or double, scoter ({Oidemia fusca}). The common
American species are the velvet, or white-winged,
scoter ({Oidemia Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck},
{white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the
black scoter ({Oidemia Americana}), called also {black
coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter,
or surf duck ({Oidemia perspicillata}), called also
{baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead},
{pishaug}, and {spectacled coot}. These birds are
collectively called also {coots}. The females and young
are called {gray coots}, and {brown coots}.
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