different between scaup vs scaur

English

Etymology

See scalp (“a bed of oysters or mussels”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk??p/

Noun

scaup (plural scaups or scaup)

1. Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
2. (Scotland) Alternative form of scalp (“a bed or stratum of shellfish”)

Derived terms

• greater scaup, Aythya marila
• lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
• New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae

Translations

See also

• scaup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aythya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aythya marila on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aythya affinis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aythya novaeseelandiae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• scaup on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• A cups, CPUSA, Puacs, Puš?a, caups, pacus, sac up

English

Etymology

Dialectal form of scar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk??/

Noun

scaur (plural scaurs)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A steep cliff or bank.
   • 1859, Walter Cooper Dendy, The wild Hebrides (page 67)

     There are "stags of ten" roaming abroad unstalked; and perchance that is a hart royal swelling his broad front on yonder scaur.

Anagrams

• Curas, arcus, carus