noun
Meaning 1
An arctic sea duck, Melanitta fusca.
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Phrase guide
velvet scoter
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- Danish: fløjsand — Melanitta fusca
- Dutch: grote zee-eend — Melanitta fusca
- Faroese: spegilsont — Melanitta fusca
- Finnish: pilkkasiipi — Melanitta fusca
- French: macreuse brune — Melanitta fusca
- German: Samtente — Melanitta fusca
- Icelandic: korpönd — Melanitta fusca
- Italian: orchetto vellutato — Melanitta fusca
- Japanese: 天鵞絨金黒 (biroudo kinkuro) — Melanitta fusca
- Polish: uhla zwyczajna — Melanitta fusca
- Romanian: rață catifelată — Melanitta fusca
- Russian: турпа́н (turpán) — Melanitta fusca
- Spanish: negrón especulado — Melanitta fusca
- Swedish: svärta — Melanitta fusca
- Turkish: kadife ördek — Melanitta fusca