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Definition of Lesser scaup duck

1. Noun. Common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lesser Scaup Duck

Literary usage of Lesser scaup duck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"lesser scaup duck. Like A. marila, but smaller, with black of head glossed with purple instead of green, and sides more heavily lined with gray. ..."

2. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"lesser scaup duck 9. c4. Feathers at base of bill white; wing generally over 8'25; nail of bill generally over '25 in width 148. GREATER SCAUP DUCK 9. rP. ..."

3. Frank Forester's Field Sports of the United States and British Provinces of by Henry William Herbert (1849)
"The lesser scaup duck is well known to the bay gunners by the name of ' Creek Broad-bill,' from its habit of frequenting the small streams, while the Scaup ..."

4. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"lesser scaup duck; Little Raft- Duck; Little Black-head; Little Bluebill; Greek Broadbill. Plumage of adult males: head glossed with purplish; ..."

5. Frank Forester's Field Sports of the United States, and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1864)
"The lesser scaup duck is well known to the bay gunners by the name of ' Creek Broad-bill,' from its habit of frequenting the small streams, while the Scaup ..."

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