noun
Meaning 1
Melanitta nigra, an arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
common scoter
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noun
Meaning 2
a variety of scoter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Melanitta nigra
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scoter, scooter
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ahtna: neli — Melanitta nigra
- Catalan: ànec negre comú — Melanitta nigra
- Chinese Mandarin: 黑海番鸭 — Melanitta nigra
- Czech: turpan černý — Melanitta nigra
- Dutch: zwarte zee-eend — Melanitta nigra
- Finnish: mustalintu — Melanitta nigra
- French: macreuse noire — Melanitta nigra
- Galician: pato de mar — Melanitta nigra
- German: Trauerente — Melanitta nigra
- Japanese: ヨーロッパクロガモ — Melanitta nigra
- Korean: 검둥오리 (geomdung'ori) — Melanitta nigra
- Polish: markaczka — Melanitta nigra
- Romanian: rață neagră — Melanitta nigra
- Russian: синьга́ (sinʹgá) — Melanitta nigra
- Spanish: negrón común — Melanitta nigra
- Swedish: sjöorre — Melanitta nigra