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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}.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skunkhead \Skunk"head`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) The surf duck.
     (b) A duck ({Camptolaimus Labradorus}) which formerly
         inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now
         supposed to be extinct. Called also {Labrador duck}, and
         {pied duck}.
         [1913 Webster]

















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