Associations to the word «Scaup»

Wiktionary

SCAUP, noun. Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
SCAUP, noun. (Scotland) Alternative form of scalp; a bed or stratum of shellfish.

Dictionary definition

SCAUP, noun. Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats