Aythya marila : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Aythya marila	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Aythya marila
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aythya marila n large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male Synonym(s): greater scaup, Aythya marila
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. (Zo[94]l.) A scaup duck. See below. {Scaup duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus {Aythya}, or {Fuligula}. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck ({Aythya marila}, var. nearctica), called also {broadbill}, {bluebill}, {blackhead}, {flock duck}, {flocking fowl}, and {raft duck}; the lesser scaup duck ({A. affinis}), called also {little bluebill}, {river broadbill}, and {shuffler}; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({A. collaris}), called also {black jack}, {ringneck}, {ringbill}, {ringbill shuffler}, etc. See Illust.. of {Ring-necked duck}, under {Ring-necked}. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck ({A. marila}), closely resembles the American variety.