surf scoter

American

noun

Ornithology.

a large, North American scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, the adult male of which is black with two white patches on the head.

surf scoter British

noun

a North American scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, having white patches on the head

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Etymology

Origin of surf scoter

First recorded in 1825–35

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