Definition of "scoter" [sco•ter]

• Any of several dark-colored diving ducks of the genera Oidemia and Melanitta, of northern coastal areas. Also called coot. (noun)

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• "Just offshore some mallard and pintail – birds usually found on fresh water – were bobbing up and down on the waves, along with two truly marine ducks, an eider and a common scoter."
• "But the duck's name is scoter, not scooter as our solution said 1 August, page 28, G2."
• "Research associate Ron Therrien shows us around, pointing out such species as the ruddy duck, the Harlequin and the surf scoter."