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bluebill
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blue·bill  (blbl)
n.
See scaup.
bluebill [ˈbluːˌbɪl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US another name for scaup
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Noun1.bluebill - diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey billbluebill - diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
scaup, scaup duck, broadbill
duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Aythya, genus Aythya - canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.
Aythya marila, greater scaup - large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male
Aythya affinis, lake duck, lesser scaup, lesser scaup duck - common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads
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We were never bathed in such unending flights of mallards that we turned up our noses at scaup, but make no mistake: Bluebills were "other" ducks.
Scoffing at scaup by Wait, Paul / Wildfowl
Shoveler ducks, pintails, mallards, widgeons, teal, rudy ducks, canvasbacks, redheads, ring necked ducks, bluebills, and others fly in.
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The scaup figure includes both greater and lesser scaup, but it is the first time since 2000 the population survey has shown more than 4 million bluebills.
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